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netmouse ([personal profile] netmouse) wrote2008-01-15 04:33 pm

Michigan voters: *Do* vote in today's primary!

Don't let yourself be discouraged by the democratic party's uppitiness!

Either: a) vote in the republican primary, preferably for someone other than McCain to keep the competition in the running
Or b) Vote Undecided!

Yes, the ONLY way to vote for a democrat other than the very few candidates who are listed on the democratic ballot is to vote undecided. write-in campaigns are not authorized!! if 15 % or more of michigan's democrats vote undecided, then if we get to send delegates to the national convention they will not be tied to voting for someone on the current ballot and can then support Obama or Edwards or whomever.


[identity profile] annesible.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
what do you mean, write ins aren't authorized? I wrote in for Edwards. My vote doesn't count? Just how many ways do they have to cheat us out of our right to vote?
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[identity profile] netmouse.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
um, yeah. It doesn't count. Sorry.

Obama and Edwards specifically did not authorize write-in campaigns in order to stand in unity with the party's decision not to have them on the ballot-- I've been told write-in campaigns are supposed to be for people who want to run but didn't make the ballot, not for anyone you want to vote for-- if the candidate you write in doesn't authorize counting, they don't count those votes, is my understanding.

[identity profile] annesible.livejournal.com 2008-01-16 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
@#%&#!