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]]> by: Daniel "Jeffersonian" Ong http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/09/26/arizona-lp-write-in-controversy/#comment-56054 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:12:10 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/09/26/arizona-lp-write-in-controversy/#comment-56054 The very first time I was an election judge, there was a write-in candidate on the ballot. We went through all the ballots to segregate those with a write-in vote for special counting at the central vote counting center (these were punched card ballots with a freshly punched hole for a vote, actually quite unambiguous with a literal paper trail, and space to write in another choice, but the card (hole) counting equipment became obsolete and unreliable). I was appalled at how all of the judges simply wanted to go home as soon as possible after a very long day and didn't seem to take the searching for write-in votes very seriously. That kept me motivated to be an election judge for two decades, until I became a candidate and ineligible to be an election judge. We had one very close race where a write-in candidate lost a legislative seat by only four votes, I think (close write-in races like this are generally a result of a well-known candidate somehow failing to make the official ballot). The very first time I was an election judge, there was a write-in candidate on the ballot. We went through all the ballots to segregate those with a write-in vote for special counting at the central vote counting center (these were punched card ballots with a freshly punched hole for a vote, actually quite unambiguous with a literal paper trail, and space to write in another choice, but the card (hole) counting equipment became obsolete and unreliable).

I was appalled at how all of the judges simply wanted to go home as soon as possible after a very long day and didn’t seem to take the searching for write-in votes very seriously. That kept me motivated to be an election judge for two decades, until I became a candidate and ineligible to be an election judge. We had one very close race where a write-in candidate lost a legislative seat by only four votes, I think (close write-in races like this are generally a result of a well-known candidate somehow failing to make the official ballot).

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