http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/14/alabama-bill-to-provide-for-write-in-declaration-of-candidacy/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=93 http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/14/alabama-bill-to-provide-for-write-in-declaration-of-candidacy/comment-page-1/#comment-783676 eclecticvibe Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:19:14 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=9993#comment-783676 Good luck. In Indiana we have registered write-ins, and we're SUPPOSED to count those votes, but most counties do not. Those that do are spotty. And when 3rd parties complain, the answer is that if someone believes the results are invalid, they can pay for a recount. You can't have a recount unless you've counted at least once. Write-in voting is not the same as being on the ballot. Some counties post the names of all write-in candidates in polling places, while others do nothing. There is very little training for poll-workers on counting write-ins. Write-in votes are a sorry excuse for denying ballot access to non duopoly candidates. Good luck. In Indiana we have registered write-ins, and we’re SUPPOSED to count those votes, but most counties do not. Those that do are spotty. And when 3rd parties complain, the answer is that if someone believes the results are invalid, they can pay for a recount. You can’t have a recount unless you’ve counted at least once. Write-in voting is not the same as being on the ballot. Some counties post the names of all write-in candidates in polling places, while others do nothing. There is very little training for poll-workers on counting write-ins. Write-in votes are a sorry excuse for denying ballot access to non duopoly candidates.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/14/alabama-bill-to-provide-for-write-in-declaration-of-candidacy/comment-page-1/#comment-783636 Darryl W. Perry Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:11:39 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=9993#comment-783636 This is something I tried getting the State to do in 2008 when I was a write-in candidate for US Senate - I even went as far as creating my own Write-in Declaration form, getting it notarized and sending it to the SoS Office. This is something I tried getting the State to do in 2008 when I was a write-in candidate for US Senate – I even went as far as creating my own Write-in Declaration form, getting it notarized and sending it to the SoS Office.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/14/alabama-bill-to-provide-for-write-in-declaration-of-candidacy/comment-page-1/#comment-783624 will bates Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:55:46 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=9993#comment-783624 another great step in the right direstion another great step in the right direstion

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