"Having no opposition on a council means you are reliant on the dominant party to look at itself and say: 'Are we doing the best job for those electors who voted for us?'.
And the selection process for the electors was designed to ensure that Beijing's pick gets the top post.
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000, the citizens of the several states, including Florida, cast their votes for the electors for president and vice president of the United States.
Section 1 The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Except you're voting not for the president, but for electors who will elect him, the members of the infamous electoral college.
In the meantime there will be no difficulty for the voters next Tuesday, because their votes are cast for electors, not for President and Vice-President directly.
The June 29 , 1804edition of Philadelphia's Independent Gazetteer carried an editorial, signed "True American", that denounced the Virginia New York coalition, attacked Clinton as too old, and called for electors to vote for Breckinridge for vice president.
What about Berry and the Greens, often in competition with Lib Dems for the environmentalist vote and for electors disillusioned by the two larger parties?
During the election period, returning officers for each electoral district use the lists to revise information for eligible electors.
