Reply #35: Disqualified=Nader [View All]

Nadir was disqualified as a candidate too late to be removed from the ballot. That's the story. You're right it is confusing. On my own (Danaher) electronic machine in Franklin County, there was a name at the top (Badnarik or something equally obtuse to me at the time), followed by a blank spot (they just put a sticker over Nadir), followed by the rest of the candidates. It took me maybe 15 seconds to figure out what the hell was going on. "Badnarik, who, what?"

The weird thing is on these Danaher machines it was evidently possible to still push the button under the blank spot and record a vote for Disqualified.

Since Nadir was removed so late, the Disqualified spot had to rotate just like his name had.

On the other hand, it makes identification of misplaced punchcards somewhat easier.