VOTE A STRAIGHT TICKET AND YOUR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE WON'T COUNT!

[techs]

http://www.snopes.com/politics...lot/straightticket.asp

I have been informed by an (Obama or McCain) supporter, that if one votes straight Democrat or Republican ticket at the polls, BEFORE you have voted for the President, your vote for President WILL NOT be counted. If you go to snopes.com, you will see that this is true and it tells you that it's a good idea to vote for each candidate individually, in any case.



If one votes straight Democrat or Republican ticket at the polls, BEFORE you have voted for the President, your vote for President WILL NOT be counted.


Ok, folks. This one is TRUE. I had been hearing anecdotal evidence about it for awhile, but now it is on SNOPES as TRUE.



So if you want all your votes to count, I suggest voting for each candidate individually.

Presented as a public service by your local Obama supporter.

 

[alien42]

"this warning only applies to North Carolina"

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: alien42
"this warning only applies to North Carolina"

AS FAR AS WE KNOW only North Carolina (from the site)
Anecdotal evidence has been around that it is happening in other states.


So if you want all your votes to count, I suggest voting for each candidate individually.

 

[nageov3t]

every ballot I've seen has the president at the top and goes down from there, seems weird that anyone would vote in a different order.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: loki8481
every ballot I've seen has the president at the top and goes down from there, seems weird that anyone would vote in a different order.

Yes, because if you by chance select any other race first you should be disenfranchised

 

[OCGuy]

Anyone who votes based on the letter next to someone's name doesn't need to be voting anyway.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Anyone who votes based on the letter next to someone's name doesn't need to be voting anyway.

Wow. That's as American as....well...Nazi Germany.

 

[SecPro]

Originally posted by: alien42
"this warning only applies to North Carolina"

The place I voted at Wednesday made sure everyone knew this. There were signs all over the waiting area and in the voting area. The volunteers repeated it at least twice. The voting instructions before you started voting were clear. And yes, both party's volunteers outside the polling place were also telling people this as they came in.

Anyone fucking this up is is an idiot and shouldn't have their vote counted on principle.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: SecPro

Originally posted by: alien42
"this warning only applies to North Carolina"

The place I voted at Wednesday made sure everyone knew this. There were signs all over the waiting area and in the voting area. The volunteers repeated it at least twice. The voting instructions before you started voting were clear. And yes, both party's volunteers outside the polling place were also telling people this as they came in.

Anyone fucking this up is is an idiot and shouldn't have their vote counted on principle.

Unless they're dyslexic, hard of hearing, were in the bathroom, etc

 

[CycloWizard]

Good.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Anyone who votes based on the letter next to someone's name doesn't need to be voting anyway.

Wow. That's as American as....well...Nazi Germany.

Yep. Being informed and voting for someone based on thier policies, not political affiliation or blind guessing by (D) or (R) is just so...so......horrible!

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Anyone who votes based on the letter next to someone's name doesn't need to be voting anyway.

Wow. That's as American as....well...Nazi Germany.

Yep. Being informed and voting for a straight party ticket based on thier policies, is just so...so......horrible!

That their vote for President should not count!

 

[SecPro]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: SecPro

Originally posted by: alien42
"this warning only applies to North Carolina"

The place I voted at Wednesday made sure everyone knew this. There were signs all over the waiting area and in the voting area. The volunteers repeated it at least twice. The voting instructions before you started voting were clear. And yes, both party's volunteers outside the polling place were also telling people this as they came in.

Anyone fucking this up is is an idiot and shouldn't have their vote counted on principle.

Unless they're dyslexic, hard of hearing, were in the bathroom, etc

Good thing you don't have to vote down here. Your three living brain cells would be no match for the complicated voting instructions we got here in North Cackalacky.

 

[synapsetx]

In Texas, this is a disinformation camp Republican smear. "They" have sent out message telling people they need to select Obama AFTER selecting straight ticket. On the ESlate system, that DE-SELECTS your presidential choice, REMOVING your straight ticket vote for Obama

PLEASE DONT ASSUME YOUR STATE PROBLEMS ARE UNIVERSAL. TEXANS DOING THIS WILL BE REMOVING THEIR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT!!!

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: SecPro

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: SecPro

Originally posted by: alien42
"this warning only applies to North Carolina"

The place I voted at Wednesday made sure everyone knew this. There were signs all over the waiting area and in the voting area. The volunteers repeated it at least twice. The voting instructions before you started voting were clear. And yes, both party's volunteers outside the polling place were also telling people this as they came in.

Anyone fucking this up is is an idiot and shouldn't have their vote counted on principle.

Unless they're dyslexic, hard of hearing, were in the bathroom, etc

Good thing you don't have to vote down here. Your three living brain cells would be no match for the complicated voting instructions we got here in North Cackalacky.

Heck, I probably couldn't even spell Cakalaaakclylyly

 

[fskimospy]

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[SP33Demon]

Why the fck couldn't someone vote a straight ticket? I'm calling BS on this, and NC should be prosecuted by law if this is the case.

 

[jpeyton]

Wish my state had a straight party voting option.

Supermajority, here we come! :thumbsup:

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: synapsetx
In Texas, this is a disinformation camp Republican smear. "They" have sent out message telling people they need to select Obama AFTER selecting straight ticket. On the ESlate system, that DE-SELECTS your presidential choice, REMOVING your straight ticket vote for Obama

PLEASE DONT ASSUME YOUR STATE PROBLEMS ARE UNIVERSAL. TEXANS DOING THIS WILL BE REMOVING THEIR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT!!!

So in Texas you should do the same thing as you should everywhere else.
Vote for EACH CANDIDATE INDIVIDUALLY TO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR VOTES COUNT.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Why the fck couldn't someone vote a straight ticket? I'm calling BS on this, and NC should be prosecuted by law if this is the case.

if I'm reading it correctly, they can, they just need to vote for the top of the ticket first (president) which I'd assume almost everyone does anyways since that's how every single ballot I've ever seen is laid out.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Why the fck couldn't someone vote a straight ticket? I'm calling BS on this, and NC should be prosecuted by law if this is the case.

if I'm reading it correctly, they can, they just need to vote for the top of the ticket first (president) which I'd assume almost everyone does anyways since that's how every single ballot I've ever seen is laid out.

Yes, just like everyone assumed in 2000 that Floridians would have no problem with the butterfly ballot


That worked out really well, didn't it?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Why the fck couldn't someone vote a straight ticket? I'm calling BS on this, and NC should be prosecuted by law if this is the case.

if I'm reading it correctly, they can, they just need to vote for the top of the ticket first (president) which I'd assume almost everyone does anyways since that's how every single ballot I've ever seen is laid out.

Yes, just like everyone assumed in 2000 that Floridians would have no problem with the butterfly ballot


That worked out really well, didn't it?

Look at the type of people in Fla that had problems with the ballot

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Anyone who votes based on the letter next to someone's name doesn't need to be voting anyway.

That's not for you to decide, troll.

 

[nageov3t]

parties matter. always seemed weird to me to hear campaign ads on tv about how much congressman X/435 is going to raise your taxes because of some bill they voted on twenty years ago as a city councilman when, really, they're going to end up getting corralled into voting straight party line on almost everything if they want to get ahead inside the house.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Why the fck couldn't someone vote a straight ticket? I'm calling BS on this, and NC should be prosecuted by law if this is the case.

if I'm reading it correctly, they can, they just need to vote for the top of the ticket first (president) which I'd assume almost everyone does anyways since that's how every single ballot I've ever seen is laid out.

Yes, just like everyone assumed in 2000 that Floridians would have no problem with the butterfly ballot


That worked out really well, didn't it?

Look at the type of people in Fla that had problems with the ballot

Yes, the elderly.