6 Comments:

It sounds wrong to me! What's the procedure for challenging a ballot after an election?

By  CW FISHER, at 1:19 AM  

Hmmmm ... that would be a state statute so it's going to vary. still, there should have been some type of in-your-face notification.

-G

By  DementedPhotographer, at 8:18 AM  

Christine, I'm sorry! I don't think it's that way in Texas, but that's no doubt something that would vary from state to state. It should definitely have been made clear to you, though, and not just on the sample ballot. I'd be frustrated, too.

By  Lisa @ The Plain-Spoken Pen, at 9:32 AM  

Wow, here a blank vote isn't recorded as a vote...that's bullshit!

By  jexebel, at 11:04 AM  

That's just wrong, You should be able to say yes/no/or abstain. A blank vote should never be a yes or no vote. I wonder how many other people did the same thing you did?

By  tmitche2, at 11:19 AM  

Now, lets think about this people. What does voting "for" something mean? It means that whatever you are voting "for" has earned your vote- the contest in an election is to "earn" votes. When I vote for, say, John Kerry, I'm not voting against Bush, I'm voting for Kerry. Thus if you don't vote on something it is still the same as a "no" because you aren't giving that measure a vote because it hasn't earned it. Think of "yes" and "no" as two cadidates.

By  curtis, at 9:14 PM  

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