Zeeshan Hamid wrote:
Nope, no truth to it. Perhaps you can ask the said unsuccessful candidate to find proof? Surely, if I did such a thing then someone must have received it, right?
That's what I thought. Thanks for saying it though.
Zeeshan Hamid wrote:
It's not a big deal even if I said that (except the "since there are so many new names" part).
Some voters think their ballots are spoiled if they don't pick someone from each race. I've always informed voters that they don't have to vote for every race in the ballot, and that leaving some races blank wont spoil their ballots. If someone has no idea what's gonig on in a race (say the local council race because you've been paying attention to the mayorial and regional races) then it's better to leave the ballot blank than to cast a blind vote randomly (yes it's best to educate yourself). If someone heard me say that then there ya go, I've put it in writing and I stand by it
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If I were designing ballots I'd have a "Not Sure / None of the Above" option as well.
Zeeshan Hamid
ps. Unlike other "unsuccessful candidate(s)", whoever they might be, I do make myself publicly available and use my real name (here, twitter, Facebook) to publicly answer questions even when they're uncomfortable or when I know my responses wouldn't be taken well.
Great answer except for the bolded part. I figure youre referring to this piece:
encouraged residents to not vote if they were unsure about who to vote for since there were so many new names. I dont think as a politician you should ever encourage people not to vote. Now you didn't do it, but if you did, it would in fact be a big deal.
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