Do you or anyone have a link to what will be accepted as a valid write-in?
FReeper stevie_d_64 is the chair in that district, ask him.
"Do you or anyone have a link to what will be accepted as a valid write-in?"
Found this on the net.
From the Texas Secretary of State (link provided below):
A write-in vote is counted if the election judge can determine the intent of the voter. If the voter misspells the write-in candidate’s name but the judge can determine the intent, the vote is counted. If the voter only writes in part of the name as it appears on the list but the judge can determine the intent of the voter, the vote is counted. Failure to write in the name as it exactly appears on the list does not invalidate the vote as long as the judge can determine the intent of the voter.
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2004-17.shtml
Go to the Texas Secretary of State website, and the ballots and accepted "write-ins" are listed in a tab somewhere in there...
I can tell you what I recall seeing when I went and early voted last week...
Don Richardson
Shelley Sekula Gibbs
_ _ _ _ Reasback (sp?) (this guy has been talked about here in FR on the Texas board...)
The list is supposed to be posted in "each" voting booth...The names are all in very small (or regular) sized fonts on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper...
I believe the sheet has a few (depending on your district) other races that have write-in's...I think there may be a state judge on there as well...IIRC...
For the most part, it doesn't really take any longer to vote for a write-in, than it does to look over the summary page to make sure you get a chance to review what you did...
Nothing is set in stone untill you press that "Cast Ballot" button...So it is a good thing to check and make sure you do the "Special Election", then run through the rest of the ballot, and all those judges...Make sure you get to the Propositions (if applicable to your address, if you live in the city etc etc)...
I obviously can't tell people what to do while in the booth, but I chose NOT to vote a straight party ticket because I wanted to make sure I ticked a vote for every "R" I could see...
Its a vote of affirmation for the most part, and plus, I didn't want to get caught up in some glitch in the system and somehow not get a chance to hit all those Propositions...
I do have the highest confidence in the system, but I'd rather be the dominant factor, and not let a software program assume what I am doing, just to speed things up...
It's a methodical and tedious way to do it, but I figure its worth mine and anyone elses time...
Good luck, and thank you for participating in the election this year...