Could you provide an example where each party stuck to the beliefs you outlined even though it was against them??
Btw ur contention makes some sense and I'm not disputing it; I'm looking for more evidence.
Ryan-
I think the Minnesota situation in 2002 is a good example. Senator Wellstone died less than 2 weeks before the election. While the Democrats were able to replace his name by the absolute deadline for doing so, a problem remained with all the absentee ballots already cast. The law did not address how to handle it. The Republicans agreed to give absentee ballot voters a new ballot where they could write in "Mondale" if they so chose. Or they could show up at the polling place and invalidate the absentee ballot and cast a new one. The only problem unresolvable was absentee ballots cast for Wellstone where the voter had left town or just never got around to re-voting for Mondale or some other candidate. Wellstone ended up with several thousand votes, but in the end Coleman had over 50% so it didn't change the outcome
PS-Absentee voting can cause A LOT of problems!
