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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 02:32 PM
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is this true?
IMPORTANT POINT: You MUST be registered as a Democrat to have your vote count for Obama, otherwise it falls to the wayside as statewide "electoral college votes", as these are based on voter PARTY registration alone. The presidential elections have nothing to do with popular votes.

i read this in the comments at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/an-open-letter-to-all-rep_b_127709.html
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 02:33 PM
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1. Votes are cast on anonymous ballots.
Edited on Sun Sep-21-08 02:35 PM by Eric J in MN
They are counted without knowledge of what party the voter belongs to, if any.
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 03:54 PM
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6. thank you
i always knew what you and everyone else said, but today for some reason when i read that i was like what?! i guess because it was written with such authority, or i've lost confidence that i know anything anymore.

thanks to all responders. i feel sheepish but essentially, better now. :)
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 02:34 PM
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2. (lol!!) Wow! The education system has REALLY failed some folks!
:rofl: :rofl:
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 02:36 PM
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3. lol
my NYS electoral vote always goes to the dems
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 02:39 PM
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4. No. That's ridiculous
Edited on Sun Sep-21-08 02:39 PM by DesertRat
How do they know your party affiliation when ballots are anonymous? :crazy:
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Maeve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 02:42 PM
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5. You should have read the response to that comment
It's entirely bogus and party registration has NOTHING to do with general election voting (ever hear of "Reagan Democrats"? or "swing voters"?)
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