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| Authored by: Giant Space Hamster on Tuesday, February 15 2005 @ 11:00 PM CST |
What would you do if Candidate X launches a complaint against Y, because Z (who's not a candidate) told X that she heard Y lie?
I would suggest that X exercised bad judgment in trusting Z and not seeking independent confirmation. Would you really be willing to accuse somebody solely on hearsay?
If candidates can only complain about each other, is there some situation under which they could agree to collaborate and completely flaunt the rules while suffering no penalties?
Yes, they could do that. However, the rules are designed to keep all the candidates on an equal footing. If both the candidates decide to avoid the rules, I would suggest that they are still on an equal footing.
Secondly, this would be a very dangerous tactic, as a candidate who made this deal, and then felt disadvantaged, could still file a complaint. In the same way that a contract cannot have an illegal purpose, the Election Committee wouldn't recognize an agreement to avoid the rules, so the contract's existence would not be a defence.
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