[ExI] Fail to the chief?

[Tara Maya]

I think the stakes in a presidential campaign should be lowered, not raised. Higher stakes encourage corruption, cheating and violence. How much more so if life and death were on the line. Who could blame a person for lying and cheating and vote stealing if failure meant he would widow his wife and orphan his children?!

Tara Maya
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> On Dec 16, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This passage from that paper gives me an idea:
> 
> "The earnest voter might be pardoned for feeling, during the throes of a presidential campaign, that the best outcome would be for the two candidates to stop their electioneering, engage in a manly duel, and shoot each other dead."
> 
> What if we keep the current system, but any candidate running for president faces a coin toss for life/death if they lose? :-)
> 
> -Dave

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