Posted on 12/14/2004 6:02:45 AM PST by mills044
Voting irregularities were few in Minnesota this year -- until it really counted.
Defeated Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry likely is going to get one less electoral vote nationally than he should have -- 251 instead of 252 -- because of an apparent mistake Monday by one of Minnesota's 10 DFL electors.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
New Freeper Chris
Welcome.....now you see why we call 'em DUMBocrats.....
Not bad. Welcome. Do you have insurance???
From the article:
One of the 10 handwritten ballots cast for president carried the name of vice presidential candidate John Edwards (actually spelled "Ewards" on the ballot) rather than Kerry.
"I was shocked ... this will go in the history books," said Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, who presided over a ceremony that normally is uneventful.
Kiffmeyer said she was unaware of any other such apparent mistake in Minnesota, although there have been cases in other states of "faithless electors" casting ballots for candidates other than those to which they were committed.
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Too funny. Was the ballot too confusing? Is this elector from South Florida originally?
hehe
""It was clear that everybody thought they had voted for Kerry, and all 10 of these folks were for Kerry during the pre-nomination period. There is no sign of protest.""
Seems like a protest to me. But then again, both of the boys had pretty hair, ludicrously mouthy wives, gazillions in the bank, do-nothing Senate records, and nice teeth.
I guess it could just be a minor confusion between the two.
Now we got a great new talking point for next election about BUMB Democrat voters. Any more details on the DUMBOcrat elector?
Probably a state employee.
I can see how a literacy test for voters might not be fair. But c'mon, let's institute one for the electoral college.
no need to import that sort of talent. Minnesota has plenty of home grown morons... Al franken, Garrison Keilloer, Mark Dayton...
"I was shocked ... this will go in the history books," said Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer"
As a footnote, if that. Why are people so grandiose these days. Next thing we know they'll be calling this "the greatest election dispute since Florida 2000".
""There was stunned silence after the announcement that Edwards had gotten a vote for president, but none of the 10 electors volunteered that they voted for Edwards as a protest, nor did anyone step forward to admit an error.
"It was perhaps a senior moment," said elector Michael Meuers, 60, a Bemidji marketing consultant for a health care firm, the second-youngest member of the Minnesota delegation to the Electoral College.""
Another fine example of the public education system at work. Not only couldn't they get the right candidate, but they didn't even spell his name right! Everyone knows it was Mr. Ped.
Stew Ped
(That was the funniest bit on the Hannity radio show)
Could be!
I know. It was a hanging chad confusing ballot joke.
It must have been a butterfly ballot.
We don't even need to use it as a talking point. The incedent pretty much speaks for itself.
Could you imagine if Kerry won the EV by one and this happened? Thay'd fill their shoes with liquid excrement-- while wearing them.
APf
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