Green votes don’t count in Connecticut
November 16, 2008Via Perry County Greens:
Green Party of Connecticut officials will file a complaint with local and state election boards that “REGISTERED†WRITE IN votes were not counted in all towns across the state as required by state law, it was announced today. This decision was reached after state Greens checked their own town votes totals showing no registered write in votes for the Green Party candidate for President, Cynthia McKinney and after receiving numerous complaints that town polling places had no list of registered write in lists, were reluctant to show any list, and some local voters were told their write in votes would not count.
So, not only do alternative parties have a hard time getting on the ballot, when they do get votes, they don’t count. Gotcha.
Hat tip: IPR.
Tags: Connecticut, Cynthia McKinney, Greens, write-in
November 16th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Just for the record: I wrote-in McKinney & Clemente on my ballot in Danielson, CT. I wrote it in correctly and legibly. I want my vote counted because it doesn’t matter if my candidate lost, but it does matter if my vote doesn’t count.
November 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Absolutely. It makes a mockery of the entire process when one votes and no one notices.