Alabama write-ins for U.S. Senate will all be counted and canvassed, according to this story. This will be the first time Alabama has ever included write-in totals for any statewide office in its official canvass. Although Alabama has always permitted write-ins, and counties were supposed to count them, historically they have not been counted. And even in recent years when most counties did canvass write-ins, the Secretary of State would never release a statewide total for any write-in candidate. Without an official state tally, the publications that publish election returns would always refuse to include Alabama write-ins.
Even when Harry Truman was off the Alabama November 1948 ballot, and even when Lyndon Johnson was off the November 1964 ballot, Alabama election officials did not release any write-in totals for either candidate, or for any Democratic candidates for presidential elector. Alabama is the only state in the last 100 years which reported zero votes for either a Democratic or a Republican presidential nominee in a general election. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
14th Amdt, Sec.2 subverted — but NOT for USA Senators —
since the 17th Amdt hack morons did not update 14-2.
Why count the write-ins for specific candidates unless the total write-ins is more than the votes for the named ballot candidate getting the most votes ???
Any *run-off* special elections in AL ???
@DR, It can’t be determined without counting them whether enough of them were for an on-ballot candidate to win. It is also possible that some ballots were counted as overvotes, when they weren’t really.
AB 48 pct
CD 47 pct
ALL write-ins 5 percent – by definition NOT for AB or CD
Why recount any write-ins ???
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ALL scanner ballots in AL ???
Election night results based only on scanner ballots ???
http://sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/voter-pdfs/2017-sample-ballots/Generic-Gen-UsSen-2017-Sample.pdf
Obvious all scanner ballots ???
Standard stuff – for a LEGAL write-in — MUST fill in oval AND the write-in person.
So often rules, procedures and laws don’t mean that much in ballot access universe so it would seem now there’s a new de facto precedent: The Shelby count will observe all write-ins where endorsements by long time statewide elected partisans are made that is of the same party of the Secretary of state.
NO *rules, procedures and laws* = LAWLESS Tyranny.
ALL election LAWS stuff is esp. YES or NO —
LEGAL voters ??? YES or NO
LEGAL candidates on ballots ??? YES or NO
LEGAL votes ??? YES or NO
LEGAL counting of votes ??? YES or NO
Etc Etc.
Any clues unofficially on how many votes Truman and Johnson did get?
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96571
Go MM, etc.