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South Carolina Seeking To Outlaw Profanity 849

MBGMorden writes "It looks like in an act that defies common sense, a bill has been introduced in the South Carolina State Senate that seeks to outlaw the use of profanity. According to the bill it would become a felony (punishable by a fine up to $5000 or up to 5 years in prison) to 'publish orally or in writing, exhibit, or otherwise make available material containing words, language, or actions of a profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent nature.' I'm not sure if 'in writing' could be applied to the internet, but in any event this is scary stuff."

Comment multiple candidates? (Score 1) 409

All the examples and the explanations use a binary choice question for the election. The explanations mentioned the possibility of multiple question ballots, but the possibility of having three or more possible answers for a question wasn't raised (and the classification of ballot papers as either "inverting" or "non-inverting" would seem to make it difficult).

Is this a trivial extension to the protocol, or something that just isn't possible? Multiple party elections aren't that unusual!

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