Ron Paul is an Official Write-In Candidate in CA, & ME & Other States (LIST)

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[TheGrinch]

Mine showed up on the Ga results, which changed my mind (mostly, I will still have a hard time not supporting the candidates that did make the ballot, but regardless, I will walk away feeling good tomorrow).

 

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[BAMAJD]

So, will my vote count in Alabama for sure?

 

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So, will my vote count in Alabama for sure?

I didn't research that one my self, I'll take a quick look and see what I can find.

 

[BAMAJD]

Thanks.

 

[sailingaway]

So, will my vote count in Alabama for sure?

OK, from what I can see it SHOULD and if they don't count it you have grounds to complain. In L.A. in 2008 I had to send some emails before they broke out Ron's votes. Here:

Alabama Presidential Write-ins
November 30th, 2008
Alabama is a state that has write-in space on the November ballot for president, and which has no requirement that write-in presidential candidates who want their write-ins must file a declaration of write-in candidacy. However, traditionally, the Alabama Secretary of State has never included any write-ins in her official canvass of votes. But in 2006, for the first time, she included photocopies of all the write-ins certified to her office, for all office. Now, for the 2008 official canvass, she has again posted the copies of write-in tallies on her webpage.

Unfortunately, only 20 counties bothered to send her any data about write-ins. Alabama has 67 counties; the 20 counties that submitted write-in information comprise approximately half the population of the state.

In the 20 counties that reported write-ins, Ron Paul and Hillary Clinton were the clear winners. There seem to be 279 write-ins for Hillary Clinton for president, and 273 write-ins for Ron Paul for president.

Among presidential candidates who were actually running (yet who weren’t on the Alabama ballot), the write-ins are: Alan Keyes 14, Cynthia McKinney 6, Brian Moore 4, Ted Weill 1 (Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, and Chuck Baldwin were on the ballot).

If you live in Alabama, in one of the 47 counties that broke the law and did not tally any write-ins, you should consider making a complaint. Some years ago the Attorney General issued an opinion, saying that counties must tally all write-ins. The only 20 counties that submitted write-ins to the Secretary of State are Baldwin, Barbour, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Covington, Elmore, Etowah, Henry, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone, Marengo, Marion, Mobile, Montgomery, Russell, St. Clair, Walker, Washington.

The most populous counties that did NOT report their write-ins are Madison (which has Huntsville), Lee, Morgan, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa.

http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/30/alabama-presidential-write-ins/

So they are supposed to, and if they don't you can make a fuss just as if they didn't count votes for Romney or anyone else.

 

[BAMAJD]

Well I'm in Tuscaloosa county so this sucks. Ik these fuckers here won't send it.

 

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Well I'm in Tuscaloosa county so this sucks. Ik these fuckers here won't send it.

But that is just like them not counting any other vote, they have no right to not count. Vote for Ron Paul if that is what you want to do then send an email asking when write in votes will be tallied because you will be following up. Then they know they could get sued for it and that people are looking.

 

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bump for those to whom it matters if their vote will officially be counted specifically for Ron Paul not just 'none of the above'!

 

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+rep and welcome to the forums!

 

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