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applegrove

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Mon Nov 7, 2016, 08:15 PM Nov 2016

Bernie Sanders: Don't waste your write-in votes on me

http://www.mynbc5.com/article/bernie-sanders-don-t-waste-write-in-votes-on-me/8071700

by Jack Thurston at Mynbc5

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Michelson has been working with the group Op Deny to encourage others to support Sanders in Vermont and in other states that allow write-ins.

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“I am asking you here today not only to vote for Secretary Clinton, but to work hard to get your uncles and your aunts; to get your friends to vote,” Sanders told a crowd at the University of New Hampshire on Sept. 28, before he embraced Clinton onstage.

The Vermont Democratic Party is also warning against what some consider “protest votes.”

“Hillary Clinton is the candidate who will actually push for the agenda that Bernie Sanders fought for,” said Christina Amestoy of the Vermont Democratic Party. “Choosing not to vote for Hillary Clinton is choosing to either abstain or maybe even cast a vote for Donald Trump.”



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Bernie Sanders: Don't waste your write-in votes on me (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2016 OP
Especially in WI-the votes just get tossed Lifelong Protester Nov 2016 #1
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