Tried to post this earlier, a phone call to AOL was ne,,,, actually I dunno.

Here goes:

Hey all;

This is a quite late time for this question but here goes.

A person I know recieved a newsletter from her local union. I can't believe it,
but stranger things in life turn out to be true sometimes.

It says:

"Did you know that you must vote an entire election ballot for it to be
considered valid. This means that you must vote on all candidates and issues on
the ballot. If you do not your ballot is considered invalid."

I find this hard to believe to say the least. This is in Ohio and I know we got
some pretty strange laws here, like not being a State until 1953 yet
celebrating a bicentenial in 2003.

However, in my opinion if you make only one selection of the ballot and do it
lawfully it should be unlawful for them to discard it.

Does anyone know for SURE if an incomplete ballot is counted ?

For years we hear about only 30% of the people vote, I wonder now !

Again, does anyone know for SURE ?

JURB

Subject: OT slightly but read it
From: (JURB6006)
Date: 11/1/2004 10:10 PM Central Standard Time
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Does anyone know for SURE if an incomplete ballot is counted ?

For years we hear about only 30% of the people vote, I wonder now !

Again, does anyone know for SURE ?

JURB


Yes. For sure. Partial ballots count in EVERY state.

It sounds like one of those "suppress the opponent's core vote" tricks we've
been hearing about, especially in Ohio and the other swing states. Check out:

http://ohvotesuppression.blogspot.com/

Ohio Voter Suppression News

Good luck
Chris

Yes. For sure. Partial ballots count in EVERY state.

Just voted and skipped some choices as I was not informed about them and the
"vote accepted" light blinked!

tricks we've
been hearing about,

I've been to that site, thanks. There is alot going on.

JURB