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Iceland's digital election website made it so easy to run for president that scores of people ended up throwing their hats in the ring by accident
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My first gut reaction to this before reading the article was "Is this a bad thing". But it should at least be obvious enough when registering that you don't get people accidentally registering when they think they are endorsing someone or doing something else. Maybe on the final screen in big red letters - Are you sure you want to run for president?
Iceland probably got some better, but underappreciated people running for office.
Mirror, for those hit by the paywall:
https://archive.ph/eszfe