Comments on: CT Green Party to file complaint that write in votes were not counted

By: Ross Levin

Ross Levin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:35:21 +0000

I know, and I never suggested it wasn’t yours. It just seems like you’re very passionate about it and it might be worthwhile to talk to the officials in your county, if you haven’t already.

By: NewFederalist

NewFederalist — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:34:44 +0000

I really like the “they should be beaten to death in public” part. That really made my day!

By: JimDavidson

JimDavidson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:55:31 +0000

Why not replace them, Ross? And why not spend your time educating them? My time is mine to use as I please.

By: Ross Levin

Ross Levin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:29:13 +0000

Why not educate them instead of just yelling at people about them?

By: JimDavidson

JimDavidson — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:14:48 +0000

No, they are all scum. Every last one of them. They exercise power and they abuse the trust placed in them. All the time. In every county. Throw the rascals out.

To the extent that they have power, they have responsibility. It is not my responsibility to educate these filthy maggots.

If they fail to know their obligations under the law, they should be beaten to death in public. What they will be is given every chance, given benefit of the doubt by timid and cowardly people, told that they didn’t know better, excused by the courts, and given a free ride to screw people over again.

You Americans make me sick.

By: cyrano3000

cyrano3000 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:02:06 +0000

Hey Jim, remember that sometimes those county officials and their employees aren’t scum, just uneducated or mis-educated as to their jobs and responsibilities. After all, many of them went to government schools.

By: JimDavidson

JimDavidson — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:25:43 +0000

Write-in rules are different in each state, true. But the vote counting process takes place at the county level, and the county apparatchiki do what they please.

Georgia law says candidates had until 1 September to file and publish a document for write-in status. http://writein2008.blogspot.com/search/label/Georgia

The fact is, the county government is “where it is at” as far as control over the election process. If your county gov’t doesn’t count your write-in votes, then you need a new county gov’t. Start with the registrar of voters or county clerk, work your way to sheriff, and then get rid of the rest of the scum.

By: paulie cannoli

paulie cannoli — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:32:29 +0000

Write in rules are different in each state. Not all of them count write-ins.

By: Lichele

Lichele — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:23:22 +0000

By the way, I did Write- In (type-in) Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente names in as my elected officials.

By: Lichele

Lichele — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:19:53 +0000

The same thing happened to me during early voting in Clayton County, Ga. I was told by a worker at the polls that they did not have any Presidential Write-Ins in the state of Georgia. They did not even have a listing posted on the walls.