Why a paper election is a stupid idea, or maybe it's just Washington.
Republican Races
Reporting
1st McCain 48%
2nd Romney 21%
*taken from CNN.com
Now, as you probably know, Romney dropped out of the race some time ago. But, apparently it was after the ballots for the primary were printed up and sent out.
If we were voting using updated computer lists of the candidates, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. But when they send us old, outdated information, things like this are bound to happen.
Though I can't exactly understand why so many people still voted for Romney. If they knew they liked Romney, they should have heard he dropped out a while ago.
So, perhaps stupidity is always a factor. But computers would make it better, I'm convinced.
Then again, I just refreshed CNN.com, and now it says
McCain 48% Huckabee 21%
so maybe it was a computer mistake to start with. Nevermind.
Reporting
1st McCain 48%
2nd Romney 21%
*taken from CNN.com
Now, as you probably know, Romney dropped out of the race some time ago. But, apparently it was after the ballots for the primary were printed up and sent out.
If we were voting using updated computer lists of the candidates, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. But when they send us old, outdated information, things like this are bound to happen.
Though I can't exactly understand why so many people still voted for Romney. If they knew they liked Romney, they should have heard he dropped out a while ago.
So, perhaps stupidity is always a factor. But computers would make it better, I'm convinced.
Then again, I just refreshed CNN.com, and now it says
McCain 48% Huckabee 21%
so maybe it was a computer mistake to start with. Nevermind.