Posted on 03/09/2016 5:32:59 AM PST by HomerBohn
We all know the elite are on the warpath against Donald Trump, with everyone from pundits, to major world leaders, to the Pope speaking out against him. Newt Gingrich recently said it’s because Trump isn’t part of the secret societies and hasn’t taken the initiation rites.
Regardless, Trump has received a groundswell of support from the average conservative American, winning state primaries left and right. Ohio’s primary is coming up on March 15, and it’s a big one because it’s a “winner takes all” state.
Well now it’s being alleged that Ohio’s GOP has intentionally set up a confusing ballot in a bid to try to make sure Donald Trump does not win.
The Dem ballot has one place for voters to mark their choice for president. Period.
The Republican ballot in Ohio this year apparently has two, leaving a lot more questions than answers about whether or not voters will understand how it works.
Take a look, (via the Conservative Treehouse):
Is the ballot intentionally confusing by design?
Given the previous discussions on State Party shenanigans, and the intent of state republican party leadership to hold complete influence over their delegate’s decision-making, many believe the answer is “probably”.
Look at that ballot. It definitely raises a lot of questions… that aren’t answered on the ballot.
Do the majority of voters know the difference between “Delegates-at-Large” and “District Delegates”? Does a person need to choose their candidate twice, or are they only supposed to chose once? Which is right? What if they pick a different candidate in each box, do they cancel each other out? What if they pick someone in the first box and not the second, or vice versa?
Why the confusing GOP ballot, Ohio?
(Watch a video at the link)
Nothingburger.
Every candidate has the same “disadvantage”.
The bigger deal is that Kasich came in third in Michigan. If he can’t carry that rust-belt state he most likely loses in Ohio. So much for his GOPe strategy to stop the Trumpmentum.
It affects the candidate with the most easily confused supporters, whomever that candidate may be. ;-)
Am i wrong or does the double check hold true for all candidates? They’re all listed twice. Whats the issue?
Maybe in some districts in Ohio but never in mine and I have been voting here since I was old enough to vote.
Mitt Romney’s robo-call to Ohio: “Pick Donald Trump in the first section; pick Ted Cruz in the second.”
With all due respect, this is nonsense.
I listened to an OH voter discuss this very issue on the radio a few days ago. He pointed out 2 things that utterly ruin the argument being made here:
1) It is the same for EVERY candidate.
2) OH has ALWAYS voted this way - one vote for the candidate, and one vote for the elector (i.e. delegate) for the candidate. EVERYONE in OH knows about it, and votes accordingly.
I wonder how it compares to the other states’ ballots?
I know that the Florida ballot is clear and concise. Perhaps any confusion might not benefit those voters who couldn’t pass an IQ test with a result of more than room temperature.
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This must be one of the greatest faux outrage cognitive dissonance articles of this election season.
Thanks....a classic
Looks like you vote for your at large and your district delegate, and ALL the candidates are showing up, hardly doing something to Trump. Definitely a weird ballot format.
Well, it IS a blog, so it’s clear from the start that the whiner is a mental deficient.
Well, it IS a blog, so it’s clear from the start that the whiner is a mental deficient.
the Democrat ballot in the state only has the current candidates... the republicans have all the candidates from the beginning of time.
Ohio Ping
Early voting ends March 14 or vote on March 15 in your precinct.
Perhaps that’s the big complaint with the ballot. So many names one might decide to vote for Huckleberry and negate the vote.
One must also vote for Cruz in two places if they want a constitutional conservative in office.
One vote is for the candidate, the other is for delegates. You should have seen the Tennessee ballot. We were allowed to select up to 8 delegates, as well as the candidate of our wishes.
This is much ado about nothing - it’s because there is a vote for an at large delegate and a congressional district delegate.
The only change is that they went to optical scanning ballots this go round and that was planned long before we even knew who was going to run in the primary. Spoken as an Ohio resident.
People are just making stories out of non-issues. If it’s true for Trump it’s true of every candidate. Geez.
It might be an “anti-Republican” thing. For the Democrats it just had one box with both of the candidates names on it.
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