Vote for Edwards instead of Kerry shocks Minnesota electors

[Dickie Flatt]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5134791.html

Defeated Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry likely is going to get one less electoral vote nationally than he should have -- 251 instead of 252 -- because of an apparent mistake Monday by one of Minnesota's 10 DFL electors.

One of the 10 handwritten ballots cast for president carried the name of vice presidential candidate John Edwards (actually spelled "Ewards" on the ballot) rather than Kerry.

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"It's not that important, since we're not at a 269-to-269 tie in the electoral vote," said DFL Party Chair Mike Erlandson. "This isn't the biggest story in America today. It's the recount in Ohio and the questions that so many people have over voting machines."

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Although the electors expressed regret that Kerry did not win nationally, most of them also said they took pleasure in casting the votes that keep Minnesota in the Democratic column for the eighth straight presidential election, the longest Democratic streak of any state.

(I believe a very brief note about this situation was posted earlier, but this article is far longer and more detailed and includes new quotes and information)

[Nikepallas]

1. HMMM wonder if the wonder if the founding fathers are turning in their

graves. (no ill will intended)


From my understanding of History the Electoral college was put in place because the founding fathers believed that most of the citizens of the newly formed America could not fully understand politics let alone read and write.

SO WTF happened here?

[ChicanoPwr]

3. They wouldn't turn over on that one

maybe on the one I posted this morning. I think the founding fathers gave a little too much credit to the Electoral college.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2824233&mesg_id=2824233

[ChicanoPwr]

2. It could be a good way to say OHIO

Just look at the DFL Party Chair statement:

"This isn't the biggest story in America today. It's the recount in Ohio and the questions that so many people have over voting machines."

Interesting.

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1068718