Some ballot confusion in Alabama

[riverwalker]

They have the “straight party” option at top, people don’t know if it overrides a vote for Jones.

Link to tweet

[MattP]

1. Won't this spoil both parties ballots?

[bearsfootball516]

4. Yeah. I don't think it really favor's either party. It's just bad ballot construction.

[pandr32]

6. Who or what will be reading them?

[Wounded Bear]

10. Obvious optical scanner format...

could be easily programmed to reject ballots with improperly filled out options, among other things.

[pandr32]

19. What I was afraid of

No hope of fairness and transparency, and then the ridiculous optics of Moore riding in on a horse as if he is Sherif Longmire.
Ugh.

[riverwalker]

7. I guess the concern is

Let’s say you mark Republican, but can’t stomach Moore, If you vote Jones or write in somebody, the Republican vote will over ride it and give it to Moore? Or would it just be tossed?

[Thor_MN]

13. It should invalidate any vote for senator.

The rest of the ballot should be recorded normally, with no vote for the Senate race.

That's how it should be recorded, but it's Alabama, so who knows.

[jmowreader]

17. That would be a double vote

Google “Alabama special election ballot” and you can see it: one partisan office and a bunch of school board supplemental levies are all that are on the ballot. I can’t imagine a lot of people using the straight party ovals, but anything is possible.

[brush]

9. Repugs control the election apparatus. I doubt they'll be throwing out repug votes.

[GusBob]

12. There right wing noise machine is loud in AL. They have been educating their voters on this issue

there is virtually no Dem counterpart to Evangelical churches and right wing media in AL

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Damn those SOBs for making this more difficult.nm

[Botany]

3. They have to cheat

n/t

[superpatriotman]

5. Has any Democrat checked this?

Where are the AL Democratic officials who let this ballot get printed?

[brush]

8. Typical of the repugs...dirty tricks to the very end to throw out Dem votes.

Remember who we're dealing with. They will stoop to the lowest lows to win.

[riverwalker]

11. Sounds better

Link to tweet

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Why throw them out ? In this case they produce exactly the same result.

You'd think they'd have written the rules to anticipate this (admittedly rare) occurrence.

[Amishman]

15. How is this confusing? Straight ticket means exactly that

Are people really this dumb?

[MichMan]

16. Apparently many here believe they are......

Acting like this is a nefarious plot to confuse people is ridiculous. Isn't that how straight party voting works in every state?

I am opposed to straight ticket voting being an option because I think it makes it too easy to skip non partisan offices and ballot proposals.

[Amaryllis]

18. anyone sent this to all the election protection people; those who filed the lawsuit, etc?