The lawsuit Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections will proceed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. This is the case over whether election officials must count write-in votes for declared write-in presidential candidates in the District of Columbia. In 1974 the D.C. Court of Appeals had ruled that D.C. must print write-in space on November ballots for President. The D.C. Board complied, and set up a procedure by which declared write-in candidates for president may file a declaration of write-in candidacy. However, the Board has never counted the write-in votes for any such presidential candidate.
The U.S. District Court had upheld the Board’s policy, ruling that the interest in saving money and work outweighs the voter’s right to have his or her votes counted. Both sides then attempted mediation, but that has not worked, so the case now goes to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
You can pay (by voting), but you can play (by having your vote counted). Sounds like election fraud to me. Same old, same old USA.
If their concern is with saving money and work why don’t they just declare the winner of the election before counting the votes.
It is preposterous to have a way to declare a write-in candidacy and a line to write in votes without a requirement that they be counted. Talk about wasted votes. What is DC afraid of it is basically a one party state already?