[381] in libertarians
Re: Election results
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin THEOBALD)
Wed Nov 9 20:14:26 1994
From: theobald@duke.cs.mcgill.ca (Kevin THEOBALD)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 20:11:48 -0500
In-Reply-To: Vernon Imrich's message [Re: Election results] as of Nov 9, 13:52
To: vimrich@flying-cloud.mit.edu (Vernon Imrich), libertarians@MIT.EDU
| Ballot Questions:
So ~(0x19c ^ 0x19a) == 0x1f9 which is our victory vector. 7/9 -- great!
| I saw in the Globe that Steve Winter easily got permanent ballot status
| for NH in the governors race (four or five percent).
Yes! What was their threshold? Is NH the first?
| NH LP is on the move in the right direction.
I hope the LP doesn't move to the right.. :-)
I noticed that most of the news graphics last night actually showed
third-party (usually lib) totals. They even put L on them. I think
maybe Bernie Sanders had something to do with this: they couldn't just
ignore him after he won last time, but it would be hard to justify only
letting one third party be recognized.
| Congratulations to everyone who helped at MIT. We won on 7 out of 9
| ballot questions, loosing IMHO, the least important of the two (seat
| belts and the Pirg check off).
I wouldn't say 2 wasn't very important. 2's victory establishes two
principles, both of them bad:
1. The govt., not you, owns your life. (What other interpretation could
possibly be put on a law that basically forces you to do something for
your own good?)
2. The best strategy for taking away people's freedoms is: if you don't
succeed, try try again.
Still, 7 out of 9 is encouraging!
- Kevin
