It's an ethical issue. If he has a voting conflict, he cannot vote. But there are also other issues that might apply, such as misuse of public position. There's a definite need for the commission to weigh in. It's a tremendous safeguard.

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.

Lennie rolled off the bunk and stood up, and the two of them started for the door. Just as they reached it, Curley bounced in.
"You seen a girl around here?" he demanded angrily.
George said coldly, "'Bout half an hour ago maybe."
"Well, what the hell was she doin'?"
George stood still, watching the angry little man. He said insultingly, "She said--she was lookin' for you."
Curley seemed really to see George for the first time. His eyes flashed over George, took in his height, measured his reach, looked at his trim middle. "Well, which way'd she go?" he demanded at last.
"I dunno," said George. "I didn't watch her go."
Curley scowled at him, and turning, hurried out the door.
George said, "Ya know, Lennie, I'm scared I'm gonna tangle with that bastard myself. I hate his guts. Jesus Christ! Come on. There won't be a damn thing left to eat.

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

It really would elevate the level of conflict.

Mike Bloomberg is winning my district, and I suspect, short of something unexpected, my district isn't the only one voting for the mayor, ... The truth is, I don't know any Democrat who would say to you that they expect a change in administration on Nov. 8.