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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 07:04 AM
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When is time to vote for Prez, can a name be "written in".

Actually first thing - when my state finally gets around to voting for a nominee - can a name be written in?

In both cases for nominee and then for Prez - can a name be written in?

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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 07:07 AM
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1. That changes from state to state. you can ask your precinct judge
or you state's secretary of state should have a website with a FAQ
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Frodo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 07:08 AM
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2. Sure! Remember all those votes that DIDN'T count for Gore?
Checked off "Gore" then wrote in "Gore" where it said "write your choice for president here".

Vote didn't count?
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buckeye1 Donating Member (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 07:40 AM
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3. Not sure.
How can you write on the new voting machines screen. Anyone know?
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 08:08 AM
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5. Touch Screen DREs
Have a touch screen keyboard for write ins.

The ability to write in a candidate varies from state to state. In NC, for example, you can write in a presidential candidate, but the state isn't obligated to count them (as it didn't in 2000).
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 08:00 AM
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4. Just remember
A vote for anyone other than the eventual Democratic nominee is an effective vote for Bush. Have a nice day! :)
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 08:09 AM
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6. I don't get the logic
Couldn't one just as "correctly" say that a vote for a Green candidate is an effective vote for the dem nominee?
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 08:14 AM
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7. Is there a Green that thinks Bush's Greener than Dem? - if so, a vote for
for Green candiate is indeed better than a vote for Bush -

But I do believe most folks that favor Green have better than a single difit IQ!

:-)
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OhioStateProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 08:19 AM
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8. I honestly feel it is a passive-aggressive form of intimidation...
...when people say a vote for someone other than the Democratic candidate is a vote for Bush.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 08:54 AM
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9. I Wouldn't Call it Passive
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