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Most Presidents are felled by failures of their office--Carter by the hostages, Nixon by Watergate, Johnson by Vietnam--but the Clintons have been brought down almost entirely by their sexual and financial escapades, the former his, the latter hers. Hillary's lapses have been explained away by her husband...
The point-deduction system for misplaced posters should also be reevaluated. Currently, if a candidate has 25 posters (of the hundreds that get hung each season) that are either covering that of another campaign, or are put up more than one time on a kiosk face or bulletin board, that...
This is not to say that fairness is not a priority of the election, but that tedious rules make for an election that unnecessarily stifles candidates' voices. Instead of a mandatory point-deduction, the council could give a small grace period for easily rectifiable violations such as posting errors. Nor...
Eliminating the marriage penalty may gain the quickest momentum. Some married couples are paying more tax than they would if they stayed single but lived together. Look for the spouse deduction to double, ending that inequity for most. Of course, at the rate this election is going, some couples will...
That brings Averell and Gerety's point total for campaign violations to 31, and their total monetary penalty to $61, This means Averell and Gerety can only spend $29 of the $100 allotted inibecause in addition to the dollar-per-point deduction, candidates are penalized $10 for every set of...