Vote for Edwards instead of Kerry shocks Minnesota Electors

Star Tribune ^ | 12/14/04 | Dane Smith

[jimthewiz]

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.

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.

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.

[jimthewiz]

And they call us dumb!

[gopwinsin04]

And none of the clueless, cenile Dims would cop to it!

[Semper Paratus]

Will Mr. Ewards please indentify yourself for the record?

[Sloth]

Democrats are dumb as a bag of hammers.

[StarFan]

Unbelievable.

[Numbers Guy]

I blame the butterfly ballot.

[Grampa Dave]

Well, that will be closest that EdWeirds will ever come to being elected as president.

I doubt if this was an accident!

[Lurking in Kansas]

Democrats are dumb as a bag of hammers.

Hence their name; Dimocrats.

[randog]

Wow, you've got 4 years to practice for the big moment and you flub your line. What a dork.

[Constantine XIII]

What a terrible thing to say about bags of hammers. ><

[asgardshill]

Democrats are dumb as a bag of hammers.

I protest! You can actually produce something useful with a hammer. And you can build lots of useful stuff with a bag of hammers.

[frog_jerk_2004]

By giving the vote to Edwards and not Ewards, how do they know this is not a write in vote for some mysterious person named Ewards? Isn't this divining the intent of the voter garbage? Neither Kerry nor Edwards should get this electoral vote...

[Kaslin]

Related thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1300538/posts

[July 4th]

Note the DFL quote. It really bothers me that they still think there's hope in Ohio.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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.

No doubt a DUmmie misspelling!

[asgardshill]

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.

Sorry, but rules are rules, you stupid elector. One vote recorded for "Ewards".

[TheBigB]

There will immediately be a lawsuit on the grounds that the elector meant to vote for Pat Buchanan.

[Ciexyz]

They should do what the Masons do when someone gets blackballed: make everyone come up and vote again (anonymously, of course) to see if someone dropped in a black ball instead of a white ball by accident. Maybe in this case, the dummy Dem made a mistake in writing "Ewards".

[Big Mack]

I think the Dims should demand a recount of the Electoral College. We must make every vote count. We can't have any disinfranchised voters.

[Logic n' Reason]

". . .carried the name of vice presidential candidate John Edwards (actually spelled "Ewards" on the ballot). . ."

Heimy...ya just gotta stop drinking before we meet to cast our votes!!

Sheeeeeeeesh.