James Webbs' last name is missing from the VA ballots?

[Nitrogenica]

This is from a post I just read on Huff blog.

"VIRGINIA SENATE RACE - JAMES WEBB'S LAST NAME IS LEFT OFF THE BALLOT:
A DEMOCRATIC CALL TO ACTION!



It is an easy and simple two step process:



1. Email or call the Virginia State Board of Elections to complain, NOW!

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Voter_Grievance_P...

Contact the Virginia State Board of Elections at 1-800-552-9745, or via email at:

[e-mail]



2.

http://www.participate.net/reportitnow/contactthemedia...

REPORT IT NOW! Complain to ALL media outlets in your area regardless of where you live! Follow the simple and easy instructions below:

a. Click on the above link under #2.

b. Type in your zip code

c. Check off five (5) boxes at a time to send to specific media outlets(TV, Newspaper, Radio). You can only send 5 messages at a time. IMPORTANT! BE SURE TO SEND COMPLAINTS TO ALL MEDIA OUTLETS BY REPEATING THIS METHOD UNTIL ALL MEDIA OUTLETS ARE CONTACTED IN THE LIST FOR THE ZIP-CODE THAT YOU TYPED IN!

d. Scroll down to where it reads, "Editable text."

e. "Highlight and delete" the default message in the Editable text field.

f. Fill in your complaint about Jim Webb's last name being deleted on the Virginia Senatorial ballot.

g. Fill out your contact information.

h. When you are done, scroll down and click on the blue "Send Message" button.

i.After you are finished e-mailing your local media, type in the zip codes for "Virginia media outlets", and repeat the whole process over again for the following VIRGINIA & WASHINGTON D.C. zip codes:

1. Richmond: 23219
2. Virginia Beach: 23462
3. Herndon: 20170
4. Roanoke: 24018
5. Abingdon: 24210
6. Alexandria: 22302
7. Washington D.C.: 20510

COPY AND PASTE THIS DEMOCRATIC CALL TO ACTION TO A-L-L THE BLOGS THAT YOU POST TO! There can be NO excuse for Jim Webb's name being left off the Virginia state ballot for this very tight race. We as Democrats cannot stand idly by while this kind of chicanery is going on.

TAKE ACTION NOW!"

WTF...Has anyone heard about this? If it's true it should be making headlines.

[Kire]

1. It's only missing from the confirm vote page.

The page where you actually make the choice still has the name in it.

[msongs]

2. his name should be everywhere OTHER NAMES are

otherwise it is discrimination.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[Kagemusha]

3. Even the people responsible for this say his name SHOULD be

However, they don't see how they can fix it in time without violating security procedures intended to prevent even worse problems...

Well, so they say. Just saying, because when new threads started, knowledge from old threads die.

[onenote]

4. a couple of points: its not statewide

Its limited to Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville, so it would be best to focus attention on those areas (as opposed to Roanoke or Virginia Beach, for example).

Second, names aren't cut off on the ballot, but on the summary page (in other words, the full name comes up when you make your selection, but when the page comes up for you to confirm, it only gives the partial name).

I agree we should be screaming about this, but to be most effective we should direct our complaints to the appropriate locations and should be accurate in our description of what the problem is.