From the State that Gave Us Ted Kennedy ...
Just got back from a much-needed, much-appreciated vacation to Cape Cod, during I which I was mostly in a blissful state of media blackout. I did, however, occasion to spot this article on the front page of the Boston Globe.
Massachusetts voters sick of holding their noses on Election Day could get another option: none of the above....The measure, pending before the Legislature, would add the line "None of the Above; For a New Election" to every state and local race on the ballot. If that option won the most votes, another election would be held in 60 to 80 days, and other candidates would be allowed to run.
Now this is an idea we could use in California! How great would it be in all our bogus, gerrymandered Legislative races to have the power to deny the incumbent a return to office!