This isn’t a failure of the system (well, the system which should have pre-checked a candidate’s eligibility to run). This is the failure of one person running who was ineligible, and mucking up the results. Remove that guy at the beginning, you would have had a different person run and probably voted for over the guy who got the 19 votes.
Personally I would LOVE it if the US adopted this sort of voting scheme. It would give actual 3rd party types a freaking chance, vs just being forced into one of the two parties. I can’t help but think that if this were combined with campaign finance reform, it would reduce the power of the Republicans and Democrats in the US, and give alternative, moderate voices a chance.
