Over at WKRN.com (here), there is a buzz about a "quirk" in Tennessee law that requires constitutional amendments to receive 50%+1 of the votes cast in the governor's race to pass. Ironically, I had just responded to a friend's email on the same subject before visiting Volunteer Voters and seeing the news story.
But what irks me about this story is that this is OLD NEWS people . . . and it is certainly news that potentially will (a) confuse people about the amendment and cause some not to vote on it or (that's what the "Vote No" gang is angling for) or (b) motivate some BIG supporters of Amendment One not to cast a vote in the governor's race so as to lower the threshhold for passage of the Amendment (that's what the Bredesen gang wants).
Again, this is not a new "quirk" in our constitution, and it is certainly something that warranted coverage, but on the night before the election where Conservatives will have little to no opportunity to clear up any confusion?
See my previous post on the confusion tactic here: Objective obfuscation.
Hello world!
7 years ago
2 comments:
Do you think the "Bredesen gang" actually gives a crap? What, so they win by 35 points instead of 30?
They give a crap enough to be running ads every night during my football viewing.
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