I always vote on the conservative party line for candidates who are there and on the GOP line as well. In Gnu Yak I want to see this party RISE, also, Hey Zogby, How come you do not list the Conservative Party in your surveys? Afraid of the results?
It is ironic, that this over vote problem, or double vote, could NOT happen on the old lever machines. Only on paper ballots.
Even during the LEVER years, many paper ballots were used: emergency, affadavit, military and absentee. Over voting or double voting often happened on paper ballots then, too.
But there is something NOT mentioned here, or if it has been mentioned, I want to point it out again.
Using Paladino as the example, if you vote for him on multiple parties, the credit will go to the first party on the ballot. If you vote Republican/Taxpayer, Republican gets the vote.
However, the SCANNER will DEFINITELY, inform you, on its screen, of the over vote, and you will be given a chance to correct this on a NEW, unmarked ballot. You can get the new ballot, and mark Paladino’s name only once, as you should have done originally. BUT, the scanner will also say, you can leave the ballot as is, and if you okay this, the vote (say Republican/Conservative) goes to Republican.
Now suppose someone, presumably by error, votes Paladino Republican and Cuomo Democrat? The scanner will inform the voter of the error and he can get a new ballot. However, if he chooses to keep his vote as is, the scanner WILL accept it, and he will lose his vote for Governor.
“Hey Zogby, How come you do not list the Conservative Party in your surveys?”
In New York, where there is NOT a separate Conservative candidate for Governor, just Paladino, the Republican, running on the Conservative line too, why, then, would it be necessary for Zogby or any pollster to include ANY party other than Republican and Democrat?
Now 1970, would have been a different story, for US Senate, NY:
Republican Charles Goodell
Democrat Richard Ottinger
CONSERVATIVE James Buckley the WINNER!
I am sure that year all polls for Senator included the candidate of the Conservative Party.