That reminds me of the referendum we had to vote for
quite many years ago when we had lots of problems with
our colony New Caledonia.
The vote proposition was basically "do you want to do
something for New Caledonia"
* yes
* no
"wellllllll....yessssss of course"
There was an unwritten codicil.
It reminds me of the question that appeaed oin an insurance company form
some years ago. It asked, "Are you single, married, widowed or
divorced?" One individual simply answred "Yes".
So of course, I vote "other"
Well being aware that in *this* voting system, "other"
means "white" and that "white" is never counted in the
final results.
Undefined "other" can not be anything else than
"white".
"Other" could have been a proposition, as was
announced by tc *yesterday*.
Hmmm! "Blanc" in this context would be "blank" instead of
"white". You
are right that a blank ballot would not be counted, and would suggest an
abstention, or often that you don't care which way a vote goes.
Nevertheless, a lot of abstentions would be noticeable. Voting "other"
(sometimes the same as "none of the above" but with a place to write in
an alternate suggestion) means that you really don't like any of the
other options. A strong "other" vote often means that we want to keep
on talking about this. Mercifully, let's hope that the "other"s don't
win this time.
Eclecticology