22-09-2003 22:20									#1
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Man Fails in Uncontested School Board Race
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Carl Miner of Blytheville has gotten a very important lesson on why voters should go to the polls .

Miner was on Tuesday's ballot, unopposed for a school board seat in south Mississippi County. No one voted for him -- and the candidate didn't even cast a ballot for himself.

Officials say Tuesday was the first time in Mississippi County an entire precinct didn't vote.

Miner was running to represent the Luxora area on the South Mississippi County School Board.

Miner says he tried to vote but the polling place near his zone was closed. He says he thinks he gets the seat because no one else was on the ballot.

	22-09-2003 22:21									#2
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So now what...

	22-09-2003 22:25									#3
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Democracy at it's finest...



That's worse than lossing a Democracy Game Election to the Dancing Banana

	22-09-2003 22:33									#4
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Now, now. There's no reason to rub in the fact that a certain poly tubby lost an election to a dancing banana.

*Cough, cough, *Panag*, Cough*

	22-09-2003 22:40									#5
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1st reaction: that's hilarious.

2nd reaction: no, wait, that's sad. Democracy requires that, at least on *some* level, we care.

-Arrian

	22-09-2003 22:42									#6
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it's mississippi. no wonder.

what i don't get is how georgia can be below them in education.

	22-09-2003 22:49									#7
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It would have been funnier if one person had written in the traditional "Mickey Mouse".

	22-09-2003 22:59									#8
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I'd just shoot myself right then and there.

	22-09-2003 23:00									#9
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I have no sympathy for anyone too lazy to make the extra effort to vote for himself.

	22-09-2003 23:00									#10
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[pathetic troll mode]

that's almost as bad as a republican winning the presidential election with less votes than the democratic candidate, and not legally winning the state of Florida

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	22-09-2003 23:39									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident [pathetic troll mode] that's almost as bad as a republican winning the presidential election with less votes than the democratic candidate, and not legally winning the state of Florida [/pathetic troll mode]

fewer votes. sorry.

	23-09-2003 00:09									#12
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Why should I vote for myself, I'm sure someone who knows me will: famous last words .

	23-09-2003 00:17									#13
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This is a great story.

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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed it's mississippi. no wonder. what i don't get is how georgia can be below them in education.

The story is from Blytheville Ark, which is in Mississippi County.

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quote: The story is from Blytheville Ark, which is in Mississippi County.

oy, if it's in arkansas... jeez, isn't it bad enough that they're saddled from being from arkansas? did they really have to make it worse by coming from mississippi county, arkansas?

	23-09-2003 01:45									#16
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ha ha ha ha that's almost as funny as the 2 workers that fall from a skyscraper in construction

	23-09-2003 01:55									#17
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I checked but couldn't find a picture of the guy. I thought it might be quite telling.

	23-09-2003 02:01									#18
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quote: it's mississippi. no wonder.

Mississippi County, Arkansas. How dare you try to steal our glory like that.

@ Story.

	23-09-2003 02:04									#19
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quote: Originally posted by rah It would have been funnier if one person had written in the traditional "Mickey Mouse".

Mickey Mouse wins with one vote

I wonder, what they would do in such a situation.
AFAIK there have been cases, where animals won the elections to be Mayor (heard of a small town somewhere in America, where the Mayor is a goat ).
But an imaginary Comicstar would be something completely different

	23-09-2003 02:17									#20
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Stefu, some day you'll have to tell us how you always dig out such stuff.

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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed what i don't get is how georgia can be below them in education.

The fact that you didn't even know where the story happened might have something to do with that.

	23-09-2003 02:29									#22
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Isn't it cheating to vote for yourself?

	23-09-2003 02:33									#23
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You can vote for yourself, why would you vote for someone else?

What a stupid man...

Actually, what a stupid county, doesn't even care about the schools...

	23-09-2003 02:47									#24
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Well, the schools in Arkansas are currently considered so bad they violate the state's Constitution.

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So is school going to be declared unconstitutional?

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quote: Well, the schools in Arkansas are currently considered so bad they violate the state's Constitution.

Not necessarily, I think, although I admit I'm not well rehearsed in school-related legal issues...or the State Constitution...or, just **** it, thank God for Mississippi

	23-09-2003 03:37									#27
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I can't decide what's worse, losing an election because no one voted (including the guy running for office), or losing an election to dead guy. There have been several cases where a candidate died too late to be removed from the ballot and still won.

	23-09-2003 03:49									#28
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Funny that he apparently lost to no one, but also sad in that people show so little interest in the democratic process. Yes, I know that he was unopposed, but you could still have write-ins, or at least a show of support. As I recall, they aired this, or a very similar case, on MSNBC a couple of days ago.

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quote: Originally posted by Ming That's worse than lossing a Democracy Game Election to the Dancing Banana

actually I think they're more or less equally shamefull... I mean, it's not even a real banana!

	23-09-2003 05:48									#30
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At least Panag had some votes for him, this pleb didn't even vote for himself!
With a recommendation like that! . . .