[OT] RE: Possible use of Python for a voting machine demo project -- your feedback requested

[Peter Hansen]

Andrew Dalke wrote:
> 
> Skip Montanaro:
> > Stranger things have happened here...
> 
> For example, here in New Mexico, in Southwest US, if there is a tie in
> an election then it's broken by a game of chance, like poker or dice.
> Every few years there's a tie for a local election which is resolved this
> way.
> 
> Were electronic voting pushed even more, would that mean we
> would end up resolving it with video poker?  I hope not.  There's
> something visceral about the two candidates, meeting in front of
> the county courthouse, at noon, mumuring "draw", and playing a
> game of  Hi-Low.                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Draw", in reference to the aforementioned tie vote, of course.  ;-)