According to this newspaper story from Olympia, Washington, 17% of the presidential primary ballots processed so far will not count for president. That is because a voter who votes by mail is supposed to check a box on the outer envelope, indicating that he or she is either a Republican or a Democrat. One-sixth of the ballots processed so far do not have either box checked, in Thurston County (the county that contains Olympia).
Today’s New York Times looks at the point of even having a primary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/us/politics/18washington.html?ei=5090&en=c442b578eddd0357&ex=1360990800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1203350127-HhPS8UAvn4jgd8a2DqVyAQ
I thought we lived in America, where every vote counts.
Hmmm???