Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Future Of Democracy

In South Carolina, anyway, some of you may be familiar with the story of the victory of Alvin Greene, an unemployed, unfunded, candidate who held no rallies or appearances. Additionally, it turns out he's being investigated on felony obscenity charges.

I have a solid position on obscenity: I'm for it. In S.C., however, the state sees it differently.

There was a great deal of speculation as to how this fellow won, including the note that he was black, while his opponent was white. I presume then that the district was one of those carve-outs that give the local black population their very own representative, thus freeing the white pols from having to listen to them.

Anyway, after the counting up and the bookkeeping is done, it seems the number of votes received failed to equal the number of votes cast in 86 of 88 precincts. If this had been a general election, and the Dem candidate had won, this would not raise a single eyebrow. Since this was a Democratic primary, and the party favorite lost, you bet there's some interest in this.

More on this here.

Be interesting to see how it plays out. Coming soon to a voting booth near you.

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