And the winner is? None of the above. Yes! Not really.

I just came across a Federal Court of Canada case launched by a University of Ottawa law student who sued the government pre- election claiming he could not express his dissatisfactionwith all the candidates on the ballot by scribbling 'None of the above' and have this choice counted and noted. He of course argued his rights of freedom of expression under the Charter were violated.

The judge tossed out his case, saying any scribble on the ballot other...