Fun little political tiff: WDYT?

[FloFTW]

WDYT? Can a candidate's name appear on a poster in polling places on something like this?

www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/10/22/husted-election-poster-polling-places/17741523/

[decemberwedding07]

I don't think so.

[downtoearth]

I think the Husted guy is off-base. Yes, he's still in office, but he could have just changed it to put the office name and not his in big white letters. However, it's not technically asking them to vote for HIM, so I guess, it's probably not illegal, just distasteful, right?

[ttt]

Wait a minute, the person in charge of elections is running for something and making the election rules for HIS OWN ELECTION himself?

They don't have any sort of rules or safeguards to prevent this from happening? 

[FloFTW]

Oct 23, 2014 12:47:24 GMT -5 ttt said:

Wait a minute, the person in charge of elections is running for something and making the election rules for HIS OWN ELECTION himself?

They don't have any sort of rules or safeguards to prevent this from happening? 

YES! I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HE EVEN GOT A VOTE.

[dirtyred]

I'm an election judge and NO WAY can there be ANYTHING in the polling place with a candidate's name on it. Voters can't have buttons, t shirts, stickers, you name it. No cards or any type paper with any candidate name. No, no no

[ESF]

And here I thought the Republican strategy of winning elections by cheating was limited to voter ID laws and shenanigans with limiting precincts and sending confusing messages about times to vote. Apparently, when you have no good ideas or candidates, you need to do more than just disenfranchise minorities and the poor to ensure success.

[karinothing]

Well, I am pretty sure this is state law (and i am not familar with the laws of this state). I think that poster should not be allowed. I mean my brother wore a shirt once with a candidate name (didn't say to vote for him or anything) and he had to turn it inside out before going in the polling place.

[WOT?*]

Oct 23, 2014 12:47:24 GMT -5 ttt said:

Wait a minute, the person in charge of elections is running for something and making the election rules for HIS OWN ELECTION himself?

They don't have any sort of rules or safeguards to prevent this from happening? 

Not the first time this has happened. Not even the first time it's happened in Ohio. See: Blackwell, Kenneth

DH was an election judge during Bush/Kerry. There's a lot of crap that goes on, especially in Ohio and especially by Republicans in the two Democratic strongholds in Ohio.

That's not to say the Dems in the two Democrat strongholds don't pull a lot of shit, either. See: Dimora, Jimmy, et al. 

 

[karinothing]

Oct 23, 2014 13:04:06 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

I'm an election judge and NO WAY can there be ANYTHING in the polling place with a candidate's name on it. Voters can't have buttons, t shirts, stickers, you name it. No cards or any type paper with any candidate name. No, no no

THIS is interesting. So does your jurisdiction not allow sample ballots. We get them handed to us at the polls here and where I grew up I used to bring a book into the booth where I had highlighted the 80 million judges I had to vote to retain or not.

[WOT?*]

Oct 23, 2014 13:40:53 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Oct 23, 2014 13:04:06 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

I'm an election judge and NO WAY can there be ANYTHING in the polling place with a candidate's name on it. Voters can't have buttons, t shirts, stickers, you name it. No cards or any type paper with any candidate name. No, no no

THIS is interesting. So does your jurisdiction not allow sample ballots. We get them handed to us at the polls here and where I grew up I used to bring a book into the booth where I had highlighted the 80 million judges I had to vote to retain or not.

Sample ballots are not campaign material. They are ballots with all the candidates names on them, not specific to one over another.

[karinothing]

Oct 23, 2014 13:43:58 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Oct 23, 2014 13:40:53 GMT -5 karinothing said:

THIS is interesting. So does your jurisdiction not allow sample ballots. We get them handed to us at the polls here and where I grew up I used to bring a book into the booth where I had highlighted the 80 million judges I had to vote to retain or not.

Sample ballots are not campaign material. They are ballots with all the candidates names on them, not specific to one over another.

Sample ballots here are a sample of each democratic candidate lol. So they are the whole ballot, which who I should vote for checked off .

[dirtyred]

Oct 23, 2014 13:40:53 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Oct 23, 2014 13:04:06 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

I'm an election judge and NO WAY can there be ANYTHING in the polling place with a candidate's name on it. Voters can't have buttons, t shirts, stickers, you name it. No cards or any type paper with any candidate name. No, no no

THIS is interesting. So does your jurisdiction not allow sample ballots. We get them handed to us at the polls here and where I grew up I used to bring a book into the booth where I had highlighted the 80 million judges I had to vote to retain or not.

Sample ballots are fine as they have ALL the candidates on them. I meant any other type of non-board of elections material. Nothing will single names, names of just one party's candidates, donkeys or elephants, etc.

[karinothing]

Oct 23, 2014 13:45:20 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

Oct 23, 2014 13:40:53 GMT -5 karinothing said:

THIS is interesting. So does your jurisdiction not allow sample ballots. We get them handed to us at the polls here and where I grew up I used to bring a book into the booth where I had highlighted the 80 million judges I had to vote to retain or not.

Sample ballots are fine as they have ALL the candidates on them. I meant any other type of non-board of elections material. Nothing will single names, names of just one party's candidates, donkeys or elephants, etc.

Like this (and LOL that I googled and it is one from VA ha).

[LoveTrains]

Interesting on not bringing anything with a name on it into the voting booth.

I am voting for a write in candidate for city council. Supposedly you have to spell the name right for it to count. I plan on writing the name in my phone and pulling it up to check that I spelled it right. Is that allowed?

[mominatrix]

No. No. No. No. NO.




...yet another reason to love vote-by-mail.

[dirtyred]

Oct 23, 2014 14:30:29 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Interesting on not bringing anything with a name on it into the voting booth.

I am voting for a write in candidate for city council. Supposedly you have to spell the name right for it to count. I plan on writing the name in my phone and pulling it up to check that I spelled it right. Is that allowed?

You do not have to spell the name correctly for your vote to count (unless there is a situation where two candidates have almost identical names--John Smith and Jon Smith). If the election judges can discern the intent of your write in vote, it counts.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Oct 23, 2014 14:30:29 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Interesting on not bringing anything with a name on it into the voting booth.

I am voting for a write in candidate for city council. Supposedly you have to spell the name right for it to count. I plan on writing the name in my phone and pulling it up to check that I spelled it right. Is that allowed?

I would write it on a piece of paper you keep in your pocket. Our polling place is strict about no cell phones.

[LoveTrains]

Oct 23, 2014 17:30:23 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

Oct 23, 2014 14:30:29 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Interesting on not bringing anything with a name on it into the voting booth.

I am voting for a write in candidate for city council. Supposedly you have to spell the name right for it to count. I plan on writing the name in my phone and pulling it up to check that I spelled it right. Is that allowed?

You do not have to spell the name correctly for your vote to count (unless there is a situation where two candidates have almost identical names--John Smith and Jon Smith). If the election judges can discern the intent of your write in vote, it counts.

Is that everywhere? The folks publicizing this have been very specific it must be spelled correctly.

[dirtyred]

Oct 23, 2014 21:50:07 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Oct 23, 2014 17:30:23 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

You do not have to spell the name correctly for your vote to count (unless there is a situation where two candidates have almost identical names--John Smith and Jon Smith). If the election judges can discern the intent of your write in vote, it counts.

Is that everywhere? The folks publicizing this have been very specific it must be spelled correctly.

Call your county clerk or local board of elections and ask.  I live in Illinois, and they absolutely stress that a write in name does NOT have to be spelled correctly to count.

[LoveTrains]

Does the board of elections = board of canvassers?