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YouTubecantonrep.com wrote Almost 90,000 Ohio votes didn't countPAUL E. KOSTYU
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
At least 89,893 Ohioans voted for people who weren't running. Sure, Democrat John Edwards and Republicans Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson were candidates for the White House at some point over the past year or so. But they weren't candidates on March 4 in Ohio. Their names were on ballots because they withdrew too late to make changes. But signs at polling stations indicated they were out of the race.
Edwards stepped away on Jan. 30. He got 38,305 Ohio votes, according to unofficial results.
Romney ended his candidacy on Feb. 7. He got 35,219 votes.
Thompson, who never really had much of a campaign, withdrew Jan. 22. He got 16,369 votes.
It's hard to imagine that these were all protest votes because Republicans didn't like John McCain or Mike Huckabee and Democrats didn't like Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama.
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Walker
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peanutnozone
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Wow....I wonder if other states had election blunders like that....
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ladyryokomuyo
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After the wonky way Ohio has been voting in the past two Presidential elections, this doesn't surprise me at all. I don't want to be elitist by any means, but it's times like these I wish you had to demonstrate rudimentary understanding of the election process to have the right to vote.
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lifeliberty
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I think it reflects the intelligence and/or amount of interest in politics of the people voting in Ohio.
And why would it take over a month to get them off the ballot? that to me is horrible.
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Andrew Hall
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cantonrep.com wrote Almost 90,000 Ohio votes didn't count
PAUL E. KOSTYU
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
It's hard to imagine that these were all protest votes because Republicans didn't like John McCain or Mike Huckabee and Democrats didn't like Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama.
Why not?
For the Dems that means < 2% cast an equivalent for NOTA. Even in a competitive race, that is about right.
On the Rep side, one might expect it to be higher since people will cast token protest votes against essentially unopposed candidates.
Silly article.
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Coremodels
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Agreed, Texas had about 2% of the vote go for uncommitted. Doesn't seem like this number is out of whack for "protest votes".
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mightymighty
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peanutnozone wrote Wow....I wonder if other states had election blunders like that....
I've heard of dead people winning elections before, so why not?
Dead Man Wins Election By Landslide
Voters Refuse Recall Attempt
POSTED: 8:27 am EST March 16, 2006
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- An Arizona city councilman is going into the next life as a winner.
Bisbee, Ariz., voters returned incumbent Bob Kasun to office Tuesday, even though he died nine days before the election. Kasun easily defeated challenger Jeff Harris in a recall vote.
Kasun's funeral was the day before the election.
The 79-year-old four-term councilman died March 6 of lymphoma and renal failure. Both Bob Kasun and Luche Giacomino were targets of a recall campaign that accused him, among other things, of failing to represent and be accountable to his constituents.
But voters decided overwhelmingly against the two candidates who opposed them.
Giacomino said she had been confident she would survive the recall attempt, but was especially pleased that Kasun was not voted from office.
and there are plenty of stories like that.
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ladyryokomuyo
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I just feel that the democratic process only works properly with the aide of an educated and informed electorate, without an educated voting populous all kinds of shenanigans :Cough:DOMA:cough: can occur.
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gramarye
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Also, once however many millions of ballots are printed, they're not going to turn around and print another batch just because someone dropped out between printing time and election day. Cost isn't worth it.
If you actually showed up to vote for Clinton or Obama, you found your candidate. The only hypothetical person this actually affected was someone who ...
(a) wanted to vote for Edwards;
(b) didn't know Edwards was no longer in the race; and
(c) would have changed his vote to one of the two candidates still in the race had he known.
For everyone not in a position like that (or a similar one with candidates on the GOP side or a different Democratic first choice), this makes no difference.
My guess is the amount of people who really wanted to vote Edwards and didn't know that he was gone is exceedingly small. Most of the people who voted Edwards probably knew full well that he was out and wanted to vote for him anyway.
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EatDrinkColumbus
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The worst thing I saw coming out of the Ohio primary news coverage was a 20/20 special before the election, which featured a small panel of Ohio voters being interviewed. One guy actually said something along the lines of "I'm really concerned because I heard that Obama was a Muslim and he turns his back when the Pledge of Allegiance is recited."
Do people really believe garbage like that? I didn't vote for Obama, but I was disgusted nonetheless.
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Coremodels
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EatDrinkColumbus wrote The worst thing I saw coming out of the Ohio primary news coverage was a 20/20 special before the election, which featured a small panel of Ohio voters being interviewed. One guy actually said something along the lines of "I'm really concerned because I heard that Obama was a Muslim and he turns his back when the Pledge of Allegiance is recited."
Do people really believe garbage like that? I didn't vote for Obama, but I was disgusted nonetheless.
lol...I posted that in another thread. Yeah, people all over the country still believe that. Sadly, this was an e-mail sent out by a Hillary campaign employee:
I'm far from the most patriotic person around but this just cannot happen !
...Prepare yourself for a myspace bible banger!!!
SOME of these statement's were intresting......
I think it would be cool, if you threw your two cents
on this and did a repost.. Well, if your up for it!!!!!
If you plan to vote...this is something you should know.
The Bible has warned us that 'A man will come from the East that will be charismatic in nature and have proposed solutions for all our problems and his rhetoric will attract many supporters!'
When will our pathetic Nation quit turning their back on God and understand that this man is 'A Muslim'....First, Last and always....and we are AT WAR with the Muslim Nation, whether our bleeding-heart, secular, Liberal friends believe it or not. This man fits every description from the Bible of the 'Anti-Christ'!
I'm just glad to know that there are others that are frightened by this man!
Who is Barack Obama?
Very interesting and something that should be considered in your choice.
If you do not ever forward anything else, please forward this to all your contacts...this is very scary to think of what lies ahead of us here in our own United States...better heed this and pray about it and share it.
snopes.com ..' confirms this is factual. Check for yourself.
Who is Barack Obama?
Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHEIST from Wichita , Kansas.
Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii.
When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia.
When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia. Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a Catholic school.
Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point out that, 'He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school.'
Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that that he is not a radical.
Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's
education.
Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta.
Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world. Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background. ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.
Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor will he show any reverence for our flag. While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches. Do you want someone like this as your PRESIDENT?
Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy.
The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own!
Please forward to everyone you know. Would you want this man leading our country?...... NOT ME
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