Votes cast at wrong site unlikely to count

[NVMojo]

Of course they won't count if Bushieboy says so ...

Chicago Times..

Weekend decisions by a federal appeals court have helped clarify a sticky procedural question in five key states, including Ohio and Florida: Will votes count if they're cast in the wrong polling places?

Almost certainly not -- although the framing of some of the rulings may have planted the seeds for further litigation after the election.

Two decisions by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati shot down efforts by Ohio and Michigan Democrats to force Republican secretaries of state in both states to count ballots cast outside voters' home precincts.

The GOP officials' cases were supported by briefs from the Bush administration, which argued that Congress intended for state election authorities to set the precise conditions under which so-called provisional votes are counted.

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[TexasSissy]

1. If you early vote here in Texas, you can vote at ANY of the polling places

So you don't have that problem.

[NVMojo]

2. that's why we voted early in Nevada ....

if you can put up with the lines now, do it.

[RivetJoint]

3. Or simply show up at the right polling place

on election day.

[SaintLouisBlues]

5. Evidently it is not that simple

Otherwise people would show up at the correct poll. Working the polls myself, I've seen lots of people show up at the wrong place because they moved, or the poll moved or who knows why.

And because they cast a provisional ballot a mile from where they should have gone, their vote doesn't count. That BS.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. It really shouldn't be a problem.

In my county, we have laptop computers at every precinct to verify someone's voter registration. If they're not in there (and one should have the laptop person call in to the supervisor of elections to confirm) then they're entitled to a provisional ballot if they INSIST that they live in that precinct and have provided necessary I.D.

[demokatgurrl]

4. Yes, BEWARE provisional ballots

If you are working at the polls, do everything you can to get a voter to their proper voting place (the one where they are registered) to cast a "real" ballot, rather than letting them file a provisional ballots. Use provisional ballots as a very last resort because they will very likely never be counted.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. The provisional ballot information does require that you fill in

the proper information. In other words, if you determine that the person is in the wrong precinct, you write the correct precinct down on the form and send the registrar to the right precinct. That is, assuming he's voting by provisional ballot. If he's just in the wrong precinct and he's in the computer properly, you just send him to the right precinct sans provisional ballot, because he'll get a regular ballot at his correct precinct.

[SoCalDem]

7. Isn't it amazing?? They have had FOUR YEARS to clear this shit up..

and now it's a "problem"..especially AFTER people have already voted..

"Sorry, you're not a winner...try again"