161,000 Florida voters failed to vote for president

[HAB911]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

TALLAHASSEE — The number of Florida voters who failed to cast a valid ballot for president spiked during the 2016 election, in what appears to have been a significant protest over their choices.

State officials released a report this week showing more than 161,000 of the electorate did not cast a valid vote for president in November. The rate of invalid votes for president in 2016 was more than double the rate it was in 2012 and 2008.

This number includes those who wrote an invalid name on the ballot, like Mickey Mouse, or left the ballot blank. It also includes those who voted for more than one candidate.

Republican Donald Trump won Florida and its 29 electoral votes by defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton by nearly 113,000 votes.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/161000-florida-voters-failed-to-vote-for-president/2311722

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DUH

[Friend or Foe]

1. Why is the noun "ballot" being modified by the Adjective

"Valid"?

[mopinko]

3. because people wrote in a candidate that was not running.

i wonder how many wrote in bernie's name. they wouldnt have even counted them, because he was not a valid right in.
but i suspect he got more votes than mickey mouse, even tho this is florida.

[lostnfound]

20. Or because the tabulators zeroed out a bunch of people in Dem precincts

Some of the software has the ability to weight by precinct

[Botany]

2. And without looking at the article I would guess they were African Americans.

80,000 in the Detroit and Flint area of Michigan voted but skipped voting for
POTUS in 2016.

It was rigged and it was a coup.

[mopinko]

4. i dunno. people do do it.

i'm sure a lot of those were write-ins, prolly a lot for bernie.

[JTFrog]

7. Lol, yeah they deserve the benefit of the doubt at this point over irregularities.

It's not like we had any suspicions or evidence of interference in the elections. Those intelligence guys were lying about everything and Donald won by 3,000,000 votes.



C'mon.... I know you want to believe in the spoiler, but I don't buy that shit for a minute.

[mopinko]

10. meh. i am not saying the election is legit, i'm just saying

that an awful lot of people pledged to do just that.
the spoiler thing is not something i have ragged on.

[Orrex]

5. That (nt)

[JTFrog]

11. You misunderstood completely.

He isn't suggesting that African Americans didn't actually vote for President. His last sentence makes it clear that the suspicion is that this is a bullshit statistic. Most likely provided by Crosscheck and Florida Republicans.

[asuhornets]

13. I stand corrected. My apology. n/t

[triron]

22. Not to mention alteration by hacking

[Sunlei]

8. "valid" president voted for, write-in area blank. "Not valid" president voted for, a scribble in wr

a scribble in write in area.

[Javaman]

9. You don't get the government you want, you get the government you deserve.

and these fucking halfwits got what they deserve.

Sadly, we all now pay the price.

[Mc Mike]

12. That huge number says 'spoilage' more than is says 'protest vote'.

Points to rigging, not 3rd party voting purists.

[Ligyron]

15. Exactly

I seriously doubt that there were many "protest" non-votes by leaving the Prez spot unmarked or writing in whatever.

The meme I see here that it was Bernie Bro's which caused Hills to lose is ridiculous as well.

We have a real problem with our election process and little power to fix it right now. We're going to have to copy the GOP/tea party and start from scratch by running in state and local elections. There, at least, we have more power to observe and correct.

Our protest movement is far larger than their astro turfed garden party.

[Mc Mike]

16. There were problems in the past in both FL and OH with pre-spoiled ballots,

already showing a preference, then the voter made a choice, et voila, too many preferences recorded.

The state and local jurisdictions are an important place to re establish our non astroturfed, actual numerical supremacy, you're right.

Turn out is important, reducing ineffective top weighted hierarchical organizing attempts is important, making sure the people who did turn out get to vote and have it duly recorded is important.

[LittleGirl]

14. I heard "None of the above" for President more than ever this election. eom

[ElementaryPenguin]

17. What bullshit!! Another sign it was rigged like Michigan!!

NO ONE waited in long lines in this election so they could NOT vote for President!!!!!!!!!! Why - to make sure you voted for County Commissioner??

[dhill926]

18. agree 100 percent....

[lostnfound]

21. Especially not in a swing state nt

[DK504]

19. All of this makes me want to have a tantrum of epic proportions.