On Wed, 10 May 2006 15:46:31 -0700, Bob Officer
wrote in alt.usenet.kooks:

On Wed, 10 May 2006 20:22:38 GMT, in alt.astronomy, FNVW Emeritus
wrote:

Here follows the one true ballot for the inaugural Richard M Nixon
Memorial "Pathological Liar" Award. But first, here are some boring
rules.

1. All official AUK rules and traditions apply, with the following
exceptions.

2. As FNVW Emeritus, I no longer have to spend weeks, or maybe months,
evaluating every ballot received. If five minutes in Google don't
convince me that a stranger is a bona-fide voter, that's just too bad.
If your vote isn't counted, feel free to whine about your democratic
rights or (preferably) threaten to sue me.

3. You may, if you wish, rank candidates in order, "1" being your
first choice, "2" your second, and so on. Such votes will be
transferred in accordance with ordinary preferential-voting methods if
your first-choice candidate is eliminated for lack of support.
However, there is no obligation to vote in this way. I'm not sure I
fully understand the system myself.

4. Since this ballot has been somewhat rushed, votes for write-in
candidates may be accepted at the FNVWE's discretion.

So, without further ado, here are your long-nosed perpetrators of
terminological inexactitudes:

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RICHARD M NIXON MEMORIAL "PATHOLOGICAL LIAR" AWARD (Vote for one.)

2 Brad Jesness
Chuck Lysaght
1 Edmond Heinz Wollmann
6 Honest John
Lady Motown
3 Raymond Ronald Karczewski
5 Richard Bullis
4 soc.men
7 Saucerheads of alt.astronomy
6 Sylvia Sullivan
Will Dockery
none of the above
write-in [please specify]

Pssst. Fake ballot, posted by BowTie. The real ballot doesn't include
Brad, St00pid or the saucerheads, and certainly wasn't crossposted to
it.test.

I might count sane people's votes for BowTie's added candidates as
valid write-ins. OTOH, I might not. He's going to be biting his nails
all week until I decide, isn't he?

Either way, BowTie has fallen into my "write-in" trap just as I hoped
he would.

He's a rather predictable wee kook, isn't he?

PJR :-)
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