Are Voting Instructions A Contract?
Chief Justice Rehnquist’s concurring opinion, having explained why this is the one and only case where deference to a state’s highest court is inappropriate, turns to the question of the uncounted votes. The Chief Justice points out that there are explicit instructions in all voting booths that use punch card ballots, which read as follows: “After voting, check your ballot card to be sure your voting selections are clearly and evenly punched and there are no chips left hanging on the back of the card.” He goes on to claim that “no reasonable person” could say that it is inappropriate to ignore ballots that are “not marked in the manner that these voting instructions explicitly and prominently specify.” Williston and Langdell the high priests of classical contract doctrine couldn’t have said it better! If the contract (here, the set of voting instructions) says that your vote will be counted only if you meet certain criteria, and you do not meet those criteria, then your vote will not b
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