On Question 2 - I forecast seeing candidate A appear on both the Republican and Democratic ballots... and that's about it. :-)
I don't see that at all. In states that have fusion ballots, the effect is that minor parties can get credit for throwing their weight behind major-party candidates. It provides a way for a minor party to actually have an effect, even if they can't get a candidate elected by themselves.
However, this particular law is written really badly. It starts with 650 words of rabble-rousing exposition on "policies and purposes", which looks non-normative and therefore harmless...but then you get to Section 7, which states, "The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to
effectuate the intent, policies, and purposes of this act."—in other words, the expository section is normative, even though it's too vague to be sure what it means. In between, it's got nearly 1200 words of language modifying the General Laws--so much that you can't hope to tell just what effect it has unless you go and compare the two side-by-side. I'd be much happier with something cleanly written.
Re: Fusion ballots
However, this particular law is written really badly. It starts with 650 words of rabble-rousing exposition on "policies and purposes", which looks non-normative and therefore harmless...but then you get to Section 7, which states, "The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the intent, policies, and purposes of this act."—in other words, the expository section is normative, even though it's too vague to be sure what it means. In between, it's got nearly 1200 words of language modifying the General Laws--so much that you can't hope to tell just what effect it has unless you go and compare the two side-by-side. I'd be much happier with something cleanly written.