Should Improper Votes Be Counted?
Today’s PDN had a letter entitled “Discard Some Votes.”
As you know, a certain local political race is very close, and some “questionable” votes might end up making a difference in the final outcome. This letter states in part:
So, what do you think? Should voters get a do-over, or a Hail Mary — whatever you want to call it — if they forgot to sign (or improperly signed) their ballots?
As you know, a certain local political race is very close, and some “questionable” votes might end up making a difference in the final outcome. This letter states in part:
“Forgive me for being old school, but I learned at an early age that the voting process was one that is not to be taken lightly and not without the thoughtfulness, care and solemnity befitting the privileges bestowed upon our country’s citizenry. The voters who failed to take that care in their voting need to learn the natural consequences of their actions. If they failed to ensure their votes by improper voting procedures, their votes should not count — plain and simple…Let the final count of all initially legal and correctly completed votes reflect the true election outcome.”
So, what do you think? Should voters get a do-over, or a Hail Mary — whatever you want to call it — if they forgot to sign (or improperly signed) their ballots?
posted by Tom Harper at 11:41 PM
17 Comments:
"...privileges bestowed upon our country’s citizenry." ?
WTF?
PRIVILEGES?
BESTOWED?
I take exception to the perspective- voting is not a "privilege"
"bestowed" by some generous higher authority.
Is this the same type of "thinking" that "gives freedom" to people in Asia and elsewhere?
if they forgot to sign (or improperly signed) their ballots?
We don't sign our ballots, we sign the envelopes they go into.
Past that, I'm sure that everything is on the up and up, ha ha ha ha ha
Is this the same type of "thinking" that "gives freedom" to people in Asia and elsewhere?
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. Or breaking away from it all.
As I recall, in this neck of the woods your drivers license (or state ID) is your voter registration card, correct me if I'm wrong though.
In that case why not just put your drivers license number on the envelope?
This is a vote by mail area, they send you the ballet. If they get it back it it must have been you that went to the trouble of returning it?
Or are there some fucking phony's out there that make up fake ballots?
If there is, lets hang them.
If the votes are so close, I say chuck the democratic process and put the two candidates in a caged match. "Two men enter, one man leaves..."
Hmmmm. Anyone want to lay odds on the Peterson/Mania fight? My money would be on Edna.
Dude, you been smokin some of Andrew May's stash. Max has trained in secret Shaolin monasteries in remote parts of China. He is a feared street fighter and he will kick yo sorry a$$ - just like he did Edna's.
Let's get back to voting in person, with ID at the polling place. That way, dead people can't vote and only those motivated enough to get up off their ass -and care about who is elected - vote. The lazy shouldn't vote anyway!
Oh, let's just admit it: We all want to see Edna and Bob Stokes married, crowned King and Queen of Downtown Port Angeles, and for Max to be the court jester.
I'd rather go to a polling place than have to vote by mail. That sucks. Just doesnt' feel right.
I've had my vote tossed because my signature didn't "look" right, according to whom ever looked. It was fine, I was cold, my hands were stiff from arthritis, and no matter what I said/did they wouldn't take my vote.
I say, when there are uptight bitc**s on the "deciding" end, they can swing the vote anyway they want.
I say, let the ballots in question, cast theirs again. It's horrid to have your vote thrown out because someone is being a jerk.
Oh, poor old Edna. Always the bride's maid, never the bride.
I've noticed Bob Stokes has been keeping a very low profile lately. He sure backed the wrong horse in this election. What a chump!
Well, Max won.
Can we sing "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" now?
Max won? So, no caged matches? This town's no fun.
Can we sing "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" now?
Witches do not die easily and without a fight.
I still think Edna and Bob should get married..
how hard is it to take the two minutes to vote and NOT STUFF YOUR FACE while voting? CRUMBS!! There were food stains and crumbs on ballots? What sort of fat pigs are in PA? Make a choice people..vote OR eat, don't do both.
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