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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Both Puppies groups deliberated over what to include and what to exclude, producing one list each that a Puppy voter could copy onto a nomination ballot and send in. That's very much different from a list that says "here's what we published that's eligible" and leaves it at that.
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Of course, that's exactly what every union, political group, and newspaper do for US elections. Unions in particular are particularly vehement that their members should take the list of their approved slate of candidates to the polls and vote that slate. So is it really any surprise that this can happen in other types of votes?
Inherently, the problem boils down to the fact that the average person voting in most elections is probably an idiot that shouldn't be allowed to vote because they can't think for themselves. But that's true in almost any election, for anything. Either that or I have no faith in humanity
. With as few votes as there are for the Hugo's, it's just too susceptible to any type of influence.