As a former New Yorker I know the NY rules. What we are talking about here is double voting, voting for two names for the same office - in most places always two different people, in NY, possibly, the same name twice. This is possible both with the new scanned ballots and with old fashioned (check the box) type voting, but not with the old mechanical voting machines, which made it impossible.
In most states the vote would not be counted for either candidate, this system counts votes for the candidate, and assigns it to the first place on the ballot it appears, which hurts 3rd parties co-nominating a candidate, but at least preserves the citizen’s vote. Short of a system of validating the ballot before it is cast, which we have in Florida, this seems better than simply throwing out the vote.
Of course it also helps if your supporters aren’t i;;iterate idiots!
“In most states the vote would not be counted for either candidate, this system counts votes for the candidate, and assigns it to the first place on the ballot it appears, which hurts 3rd parties co-nominating a candidate, but at least preserves the citizen’s vote. Short of a system of validating the ballot before it is cast, which we have in Florida, this seems better than simply throwing out the vote.”
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Where are you hearing this? The Board of Elections says that if the voter votes for the same candidate on more than one line, the scanner WILL notify the voter of the over vote and the voter can get a new ballot.
Only if the voter rejects the new ballot and tells the computer to keep his vote as is, will the vote go to the first place it appears.
The filled out ballot is placed into the scanning machine. The ballot is scanned, and if the scanner finds that there has been an over vote or double vote, the voter is DEFINITELY told this. An error message appears on the screen. So, the VOTER IS notified of the error and given the chance to fix it!
Why is the Working Families Party saying the vote automatically goes to the major party?