minnesota election

[dennilfloss]

So the person first put an X and then realized: "Oops, I have to fill the circle!" Sounds pretty straightforward to me.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: shira

Originally posted by: daniel49
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If Someone could please explain to me how this could be a vote for Frankenstien?
I don't care what side of the aisle your on, this kind of shennanigans should outrage you.

FiveThirtyEight.com addresses this specific ballot:

Non-issue

(click the "There's More" link.)

The ballot was counted for COLEMAN, not Franken. The Start Tribune had a typo on their webpage.

The right is desperate to make this re-count questionable.

:thumbsup:

 

[sactoking]

Originally posted by: shira
The ballot was counted for COLEMAN, not Franken. The Start Tribune had a typo on their webpage.

The right is desperate to make this re-count questionable.

I figured that's what it was, but I had no proof, and the results of the other ballots were accurate, so it would have been a specious leap of logic to conclude that definitively.

Also, it's not the right that's making this re-count questionable, it's the election board.

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
A lot of the votes for either candidate show clear intent.

Yes, a lot of them do, but those are being challenged for other reasons (not intent). Many of the ones with questionable intent are being interpreted in what appears to be at best a random manner and at worst a manner prejudiced toward Franken.

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
So the person first put an X and then realized: "Oops, I have to fill the circle!" Sounds pretty straightforward to me.

It is straightforward, except not in the normal manner. The rule is if it has an X in it, it HAS to be counted as a non-vote. Any mistake requires the voter to get a NEW ballot. In the instances where a voter marked their ballot for one candidate and changed to the other, it was almost always interpreted that an X-out canceled the vote and made the other bubble valid. In the instances where a voter marked their ballot FOR ONE CANDIDATE ONLY and had an X-out it was almost always interpreted as a vote for Franken or for "Other/No one". Rarely was it interpreted as for Coleman, even when the mechanics were the same as other votes.