Comments on: Pennsylvania Greens again ask for a write-in tally for Cynthia McKinney http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/pennsylvania-greens-again-ask-for-a-write-in-tally-for-cynthia-mckinney/ Covering America's third parties and independent candidates since May 2008 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Morgan http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/pennsylvania-greens-again-ask-for-a-write-in-tally-for-cynthia-mckinney/comment-page-1/#comment-35149 Morgan Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:40:44 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=6100#comment-35149 Although the Democrats and Republicans act as if the third parties are simply an annoyance, they sure do all they can to try and keep them down. Although the Democrats and Republicans act as if the third parties are simply an annoyance, they sure do all they can to try and keep them down.

]]> By: Bill Lussenheide http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/pennsylvania-greens-again-ask-for-a-write-in-tally-for-cynthia-mckinney/comment-page-1/#comment-35123 Bill Lussenheide Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:14:29 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=6100#comment-35123 Pennsylvania did not count write ins in at least 16 counties for ANYONE. These include the most populated counties. In my survey of PA counties that did count votes, and then extrapolating them out as a percentage of the total vote for the whole state, then Chuck Baldwin would have in the neigborhood of 2500 votes. Instead the State Elections Board of PA only shows Baldwin with 542, largely because of the missing 16 counties. This ticks me off, as this 2000 vote undercount puts Baldwin at 199,057 total votes nationwide, just under the "magical' 200,000 threshold. It is sort of like batting .199 in baseball rather than the .200 mark (known rhetorically as the "Mendoza Line" to those familiar with baseball). California also undercounted with no write in votes counted in 3 counties. It is certainly a Constitutional right to have a vote properly counted! Pennsylvania did not count write ins in at least 16 counties for ANYONE. These include the most populated counties.

In my survey of PA counties that did count votes, and then extrapolating them out as a percentage of the total vote for the whole state, then Chuck Baldwin would have in the neigborhood of 2500 votes.

Instead the State Elections Board of PA only shows Baldwin with 542, largely because of the missing 16 counties. This ticks me off, as this 2000 vote undercount puts Baldwin at 199,057 total votes nationwide, just under the “magical’ 200,000 threshold.

It is sort of like batting .199 in baseball rather than the .200 mark (known rhetorically as the “Mendoza Line” to those familiar with baseball).

California also undercounted with no write in votes counted in 3 counties.

It is certainly a Constitutional right to have a vote properly counted!

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