[Foundation-l] Will the Board accept the election result?

Dan Rosenthal swatjester at gmail.com
Sun Jul 8 04:49:27 UTC 2007


I think we're getting a bit too far off the topic for this one. While  
it may be appropriate to note that some jurisdictions have laws  
regarding what can be said about a candidate during elections (for  
public office).....getting into the nittygritty of it doesn't really  
apply to this election.

We've established that Florence has said that the election results  
will stand, so that should clear up that whole spiel. And maybe it  
will prompt a new blog post from GerardM ;) . Margaret Thatcher is an  
opinionated woman about the Falklands, we've got that. Now with those  
two things settled, if we can stand to wait for the results, we can  
move on to bigger and better flamewars?

-Dan

On Jul 7, 2007, at 6:33 PM, geni wrote:

> On 7/7/07, Alison Wheeler <wikimedia at alisonwheeler.com> wrote:
>> I suggest you check the Representation of the People Act regarding  
>> what
>> may be published (and, lest you forget, an email list *is*  
>> publishing).
>
> Which one? there have been over 10 of the things.
>
> Only thing I can find in the 2000 act is some stuff relateing to to  
> exit polls
>
> Which section as well.
>
>> "Freedom of Speech" is actually an American state of law, not an
>> English/British one.
>
> Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights has been both
> english and welsh and scotish law for some time. No where near as
> solid as the US equiv mind.
>
>> "facts include opinions" huh? I suggest you never appear in a  
>> court of law
>> as you'd be laughed out of it!
>
> It would appear to be a fact that Margaret Thatcher was of the opion
> that retakeing the Falkland Islands was the right thing to do
>
> -- 
> geni
>
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