Two Pennsylvania newspapers detail presidential write-in votes in their areas. The Bucks County Courier Times writes that Rep. Ron Paul led Sen. Hillary Clinton 135 to 119 in Bucks County, and 322 to 289 in Montgomery County. Receiving the “third highest amount is Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, who nabbed 60 votes in Bucks, which roughly matches the number of county residents registered as Constitution Party members.” Others drawing presidential votes in the two counties include Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Bob Casey Jr., Stephen Colbert, Lou Dobbs, Harrison Ford, Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, Paris Hilton, Mike Huckabee, Toby Keith, Alan Keyes, Gov. Sarah Palin, Colin Powell, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Jesse Ventura.
York County showed similar results, according to the York Dispatch. Paul, “who performed strongly in York County” in the Republican presidential primary, received 423 votes, Clinton 291, and Baldwin 120. In addition, “Homer Simpson got one write-in vote, Jesus got six, Bill Cosby got four and Joe the Plumber got two. Seven people voted for ‘none of the above.’”
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1 Ross Levin // Nov 25, 2008 at 10:09 pm
I’m in Montgomery and near me there were several write-ins for Ron Paul and Hillary, and one for Charlie Emanuel, the manager of the Phillies. The Phillies themselves got several hundred votes, as well (in the area, not just near me).
The CP national headquarters is near me, as well, about an hour from Montgomery County.
2 kalipay // Nov 27, 2008 at 1:02 am
I live in York County. To see the write-in votes, I have to go to the county courthouse and look at the records myself. They aren’t published online and the information is apparently not given out by phone. Is this typical, does anyone know? Or is PA just really rural and behind the times? Or is this a result of the confusing write-in rules and regulations (there not really being a requirement that write-ins even be counted!)…?
3 paulie cannoli // Nov 27, 2008 at 1:27 am
Steve Conn has an article about write-ins
http://www.counterpunch.org/conn11262008.html
I’ll cover it here if no one else does first.
Also, see
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/26/6th-circuit-issues-excellent-opinion-on-need-to-treat-all-voters-equally/
“This year, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Maine, and the District of Columbia, are all refusing to count valid write-in votes cast for presidential candidates who filed declarations of candidacy. Lawsuits ought to be filed against these jurisdictions.”
Alabama’s is here:
http://sos.state.al.us/downloads/election/2008/general/statecert-2008-general-election-11-25-2008-complete.pdf
warning: 783 pages and 27.56 megabytes, and the write-in appendix starts on page 118.
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