[EM] Nader could designate same electors as Kerry

[Forest Simmons]

This might be the way to implement my "Candidate Concession" idea.

Nobody thought that there was a binding way for a candidate to concede his
votes to another candidate, but this might be it!

Forest

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, wclark at xoom.org wrote:

>
> Mike Ossipoff wrote:
>
> > Nader could designate, as his electors, the same people who are
> > Kerry's electors, instructing them to vote for Kerry. In that way,
> > the votes for Nader would count for Kerry. No more spoiler problem.
>
> Wow.  It seems so obvious, yet this is the first I think I've ever heard
> that idea.  I think it's very clever; in what column was it mentioned?
>
> >From a technical standpoint I think it's interesting because it's similar
> to the candidate proxy method discussed a few weeks back, but can be
> implemented within the confines of the existing system (assuming at least
> some states allow identical slates of electors between different
> candidates).
>
> >From a purely practical standpoint of getting Bush out of office (pace any
> of his supporters on the list, if any) I also love it.  All my vandalistic
> tendencies toward the existing plurality system aside, I simply don't see
> Kerry winning the election.  If Bush is going to win anyway, I figure I
> might as well make a statement with my vote, and push for Nader to be a
> spoiler (or at least have the appearance of being one).
>
> But if a vote for Nader is a vote for Kerry, then I could easily see that
> motivating enough support to put Kerry over the top.  It would also bring
> attention to the cause of election system reform in a much more positive
> way than my intentional spoiling would.
>
> -Bill Clark
>
> p.s. Mike, sorry to hear you'll be leaving for a while.  I can appreciate
> needing to take a break from things every once in a while, though.  Enjoy
> whatever you'll be doing in the meantime!
>
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