I was trying to think through some of the relevant moral issues in voting. I was hoping that some of these questions might spark discussion on the blog.

1) In voting for a candidate, is one necessarily asserting something or is the act of casting a vote inherently ambiguous?
1a) If you are necessarily asserting something, what is the necessary minimum content of the assertion?
1b) If voting for a candidate does not necessarily “mean” anything, what determines the morality of voting for a given candidate?
1b1) Is the moral value of an act of voting determined exclusively by the intention of the voter?
1b2) Is the moral content of an act of voting equivalent to the moral value of intending the foreseeable circumstances that will result from the election of a given candidate?
1c) Must one vote for the candidate that one believes would be the best person to be elected?