On 2022-08-26, The NOTBCS Guy <
don.p.del.grande@gmail.com> wrote:
The last time I tried picking an MNC, I picked six of them at once - and all of them lost.
As for whom I voted for, I live in California, where, from 1920 through 2016, my vote didn't matter because either California voted for the loser or the winner had 270 electoral votes without California. Besides, I usually don't say who I voted for as
it defeats the purpose of the secret ballot. I have admitted in the past that I voted for Reagan in 1980 and 1984, as I joked that I voted for him four times (including the primaries), and each time I voted, the election was already over - California's
primaries were in June back then, so he had already locked up the nomination both times, and back then, they didn't wait until the polls closed before projecting winners in states, so Reagan had already been projected as the winner in the Presidential
election both years before I had a chance to vote (it was something like 5 PM Pacific time in 1980). In contrast, in 2008, just after 10:00 Eastern, it got to the point where all Obama needed was California, which everybody knew was a lock, but everybody
waited until 11:00 when the polls closed before saying anything.
It's a secret ballot if you want it to be. Even then, it is because no one knows if you're lying. :)
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