Vote buying is part of the case, but the absentee-ballot interference is, to me, much more sinister. It involves forging names, the theft of ballots from the post office, and voting (on behalf of) people who never even see the ballot.

It's unfortunate, because people who were against the absentee ballot in the first place will use this to say there isn't an adequate constituency for it in the immigrant community. They will use this as an argument for not improving the process to make it more user-friendly.

A lot of this is 'just in case' buying.

It certainly smells like vote-buying to me.

I'm not going to vote for any of the current sluggers or pitchers on the first ballot. It's my way of protesting the use of steroids. Beyond the first ballot, I just don't know. I hope we'll become better informed.

There could not have been a more decisive outcome of this ballot or a more decisive vote in favor a strike.