Boolean Logic, missing brackets and the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election (opens in new tab)

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43 pointsmarkessien3y ago14 comments

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We know that the intention of the people who drafted the law was not to treat the Federal Capital Territory as a special state whose votes count more. There are cases in the past where judges determined that the FCT is to be treated as a 37th state.

The Obidient camp may have the better candidate, but this part of their case is just grasping at straws.

The only thing that should matter in the end is the determination of whether enough rigging occured to change the outcome of the election.

c4obi3y ago

Which cases are you referring to (provide links) and are they related to the presidential election?

churchill3y ago

Once again, we're finding out the importance of commas in logical statements, especially when they're misplaced.

There's a world of difference between, "let's eat, Timmy," and "let's eat Timmy."

The first is perfect at the dining table while the second is inevitable when you're stranded on a raft out at sea [0].

[0]: https://cutt.ly/v4Yz0hk

denton-scratch3y ago

There's a reason that punctuation marks in legal documents are generally supposed to be ignored. Drafters should write in language that is unambiguous even if all punctuation marks are deleted. My will, for example, contains no punctuation other than full-stops.

netsharc3y ago

There was a legal case:

https://www.onelegal.com/blog/dont-write-wrong-10-million-la...

benj1113y ago

A farmer friend named their cockerel after my grandad Austin.

Everybody took great delight when Austin ended up on the dinner table.

BenJong-Il3y ago

Is there a way a comma would have helped in the clause of the constitution?

dang3y ago

Related (I assume?):

The drama in trying to convert election PDFs to Spreadsheets - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35272227 - March 2023 (137 comments)

markessienOP3y ago

Yes, related.

i_see_things3y ago

off-topic: I used to love HN. Now HN is dead to me.

dang3y ago

I'm sorry to hear that. What went wrong?

nomercy4003y ago

Doesn't the constitution mention anything about equality? Is a vote from a person in the FCT more valuable than a vote from somewhere else? Or should each vote be equally valuable?

What is the spirit of the constitution? Why are there general elections?

wodenokoto3y ago

I imagine the US constitution also says something along the lines of all votes are equal, yet presidents have won, while losing the popular vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...

the_third_wave3y ago

The US constitution says something about the College of Electors and that each state and the District of Columbia appoints electors pursuant to the methods described by its legislature, equal in number to its congressional delegation (representatives and senators). Of the current 538 electors, an absolute majority of 270 or more electoral votes is required to elect the president and vice president. It explicitly does not give each presidential vote the same weight so as to avoid the federation being ruled by the most populous states. This is only true for the vote for the president (and vice-president), in other matters the Electoral College does not get involved.

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seunosewa3y ago

The Obidient camp may have the better candidate, but this part of their case is just grasping at straws.

The only thing that should matter in the end is the determination of whether enough rigging occured to change the outcome of the election.

c4obi3y ago

Which cases are you referring to (provide links) and are they related to the presidential election?

churchill3y ago

Once again, we're finding out the importance of commas in logical statements, especially when they're misplaced.

There's a world of difference between, "let's eat, Timmy," and "let's eat Timmy."

The first is perfect at the dining table while the second is inevitable when you're stranded on a raft out at sea [0].

[0]: https://cutt.ly/v4Yz0hk

denton-scratch3y ago

netsharc3y ago

There was a legal case:

https://www.onelegal.com/blog/dont-write-wrong-10-million-la...

benj1113y ago

A farmer friend named their cockerel after my grandad Austin.

Everybody took great delight when Austin ended up on the dinner table.

BenJong-Il3y ago

Is there a way a comma would have helped in the clause of the constitution?

dang3y ago

Related (I assume?):

The drama in trying to convert election PDFs to Spreadsheets - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35272227 - March 2023 (137 comments)

markessienOP3y ago

Yes, related.

i_see_things3y ago

off-topic: I used to love HN. Now HN is dead to me.

dang3y ago

I'm sorry to hear that. What went wrong?

nomercy4003y ago

Doesn't the constitution mention anything about equality? Is a vote from a person in the FCT more valuable than a vote from somewhere else? Or should each vote be equally valuable?

What is the spirit of the constitution? Why are there general elections?

wodenokoto3y ago

I imagine the US constitution also says something along the lines of all votes are equal, yet presidents have won, while losing the popular vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...

the_third_wave3y ago

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