No big message, just fun. In sharing that anecdote, I mostly just wanted to point out that not all states require write-in candidates to be registered for the votes to count.

Fair enough Jim. I like fun. I’ ll hopefully see you in Denver. We met in Atlanta, as I am a former NY LPer, and we sat down for dinner together with others from the NY LP.

You need to quit yankin’ on yourself

Sheeeeesh!

MHW

That’s cool! I bet the election officials have fun in states that count every write-in, especially if there are multiple write-in instances including the surname “Lesczynski.”

When Tamara was elected City Marshal as a write-in candidate, among the candidates she beat were a couple of misspellings of her own name.

Tom

No big message, just fun. In sharing that anecdote, I mostly just wanted to point out that not all states require write-in candidates to be registered for the votes to count.

The best test of whether you have learned something well is to see if you can teach it. Please teach me how to submit comments with the quoted text indented.

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Wes said:

I’m hoping I learned a posting technique today.

I say:
I did! I did!

1. Be on the ballots in enough states to mathematically have a possibility of winning enough votes on the electoral college to win the presidency. The LP has met this criteria, for multiple cycles.

2. (and the more difficult) The candidate in question must be polling at least 15% nationally averaged in polls conducted by several leading media outlets, ie Washington Post, ABC, NYTimes, etc, etc. Not once has this criteria been met by any third candidate since it’s inception.

Ross Perot was included in the debates during his cycle, because, these stricter rules were put into place after his cycle when the Rs and Ds formed a committee to protect their interests by conducting the debates.

Not to put down Ross Perot, as it was still a major feat that he was included in the debates during his cycle, but the Ds and Rs raised the bar to be in them.

As for 08, unless Paul pulls off a Miracle in St. Paul, and gets the R nomination, I’ll support the L regardless.

As for Bob Barr being the L, here in GA I think it would be great. My goal in GA is a 20% for the L to gain Major Party status and full ballot access. If he gets7% nationwide, great, but my main focus is furthering the party and shooting for a goal locally.

Lets turn the Bob Barr campaign into an L Ballot access campaign. What are the requirements for ballot access for the L in your state? the GA goal is 20%, whoever the nominee is.

I don’t see how McCain can appeal to conservatives or libertarians at all, though for slightly different reasons.

In New York, they definitely count all write-ins without those candidates being registered. (They don’t always count them accurately, but that’s another matter.) Whenever I’m dissatisfied with the choices for a given office, I always write in the names of my children and their friends, and they get a kick out seeing their names tallied with 1 vote, along with the names of various celebrities, fictional characters and dead presidents, in the certified results from the Board of Elections.