Alan Gutierrez

If You Read Nothing Else

By clicking on the following link, you cast your vote for Nick Varrecchio to participate in the final debates for Clerk of Court. Help a blogger out and click for Nick.

• Vote Nick Varrecchio for the WDSU Clerk of Court debate.

Please note that, once you click, your vote is cast. The click is the vote. There is nothing more to do, except to click again in 15 minutes.

An Important Debate

WDSU Channel 6 is going to have a debate between two candidates for Clerk of Criminal District Court.

This is an important office. This office is responsible for conducting election in Orleans Parish. This office manages criminal trial evidence.
My candidate is Nick Varrecchio. I’m fully behind Nick Varrecchio.

There are many candidates running, so how is WDSU going to choose two candidates?

Using an poll on it’s web site.

An Arbitrary Selection

That’s right, by using an entirely unscientific online web poll, WDSU will choose two candidates that will be given valuable television time, and priceless exclusivity. Worst of all, you can vote in the poll every five minutes or so.

Already, two of the candidates have 800 votes apiece. Are voting again and again? Why wouldn’t they?
The poll accepts GET requests, so you can skip the form and vote for Nick Varrecchio by clicking on the following link.

• Vote Nick Varrecchio for the WDSU Clerk of Court debate.

Please, click on that link to vote for Nick Varrecchio. When you click on the link, your vote is cast for Nick. It is such an arbitrary way to allot television time, you may as well help Nick out with a click. Learn more about Nick Varrechio at his campaign site.

In Praise of WDSU

WDSU is a great local station, that has done a great job keeping us informed during Katrina. Their web site is an excellent resource.

I understand why they want to narrow the debate.

A Real Poll Please

I do not, however, feel that this is a good way for them to choose two candidates, since it is so easily manipulated.

Anyone can vote, and vote multiple times. Someone could write a script to vote every five minutes.

The outcome of this poll and the television time it bestows can change the contest. They really ought to use a scientific poll.

Alan Gutierrez