On September 2, the Texas Secretary of State agreed that Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party presidential nominee) is a declared write-in for president. Baldwin is now listed as a declared write-in candidate on the Secretary of State’s webpage. Baldwin had filed on time, but the state had lost his original paperwork.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!
the duopoly establishment is out to get us.
Too bad he is not on the ballot in Penn, Tx, and Colli Fornia……….
More candidates, more democracy….
Don Lake
i say put all the candidates on the ballot regardless. elections should be fair and honest.
He’s not actually “On the ballot”. He is an approved “Write in”. If he was not on the approved list, people could write him in and their ballot would simply not be counted.
Now, if you want to vote for him, (IIRC) you must ask for a write-in ballot and then spell his name correctly.
Patsy Gail, “dream on lady, dream on….”
Wees talkin bout Dems and GOP here!
Now, if you want to vote for him, (IIRC) you must ask for a write-in ballot and then spell his name correctly.
I believe I read that if they can tell who you intend to vote for, they’ll count it.
In any case, there is a list of write-ins posted at the polls, so everyone can see how to spell their candidate’s name.
In Texas, on races where there is a declared write-in candidate, there will be a box [ ] and a line ___________ to write a name in. It is also a requirement that a list of the names of the declared candidates be placed in each voting booth.
On the voting machines that I am familiar with, you select “write-in” in the same manner as if you were selecting “Barr”, “McCain”, or “Obama”. You then have a screen with an array of letters, where you select a letter at a time, to spell C-H-U-C-K B-A-L-D-W-I-N.
You are not required to spell the name correctly, and in the case of President/VP you can write in both candidates or either candidate.
When the write-in is machine readable, the vote counting software can not be pre-configured to recognize particular spellings. But as soon as one spelling is determined to be acceptable, all matches can be automatically counted.
In the 2006 congressional race, for Tom DeLay’s seat, one county had a list 20 or so pages long of names that were accepted for Sheila Sekulla-Gibbs.