I just got my absentee ballot in NY. Does everyone else who gets one have all these choices?:

[jenmito]

There are letters A-I, and it looked like this:

A
Democratic Barack Obama/Joe Biden

B
Republican John McCain/Sarah Palin

C
Independence John McCain/Sarah Palin

D
Conservative John McCain/Sarah Palin

E
Working Families Barack Obama/Joe Biden

F
Socialism & Liberation Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear

G
Green Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente

H/I
Libertarian/Populist Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez


Don't you think some people could be confused and fill out more than one oval? Why are the Dems. and Repubs. also under the name of other parties? :shrug:

[IndyOp]

1. Either you are kidding or you've just gotten a scam ballot and need to scream

bloody murder to your local board of elections...

:(

[Eric J in MN]

2. NY allows parties to nominate candidates which other parties nominated first. NT

NT

[jenmito]

5. Ah, thanks. n/t

[jenmito]

4. Nope. I wouldn't waste my time typing all that if I was kidding. n/t

[malta blue]

3. the names are under other parties because they

were endorsed by those parties not presenting candidates.

Yes, that is what the ballot will look like in the voting booth too :banghead:

[jenmito]

8. Jeez. In very small print it says to vote for only one in each column, but I'm SURE

there will be some people confused who will mark their ticket's name wherever they see it.

On the up side, the McCain/Palin names appear more than the Obama/Biden names. :)

[IndyOp]

14. I'll join you...

:banghead:

They do add together the votes that the candidates, even though listed under different parties?

Democratic Obama,Biden + Working Families Obama,Biden = Total Obama,Biden

[jenmito]

17. No-it won't count if you vote for more than one party. n/t

[IndyOp]

19. But if I voted Democratic & you voted Working Families - is that 2 for Obama/Biden? (n/t)

[jenmito]

21. No. It would be thrown out. It wouldn't count at all-you can only vote once. n/t

[flpoljunkie]

6. We had perhaps more choices in Florida for President/VP, altho McCain/Palin came first on our ballot

[jenmito]

9. And did their names appear under different party names? n/t

[flpoljunkie]

11. I believe it did. The Republicans go first because they control the governship.

[jenmito]

16. OK. Thanks. The Dems. are in charge here in NY. n/t

[TheManInTheMac]

7. Don't smell right to me.

You'll get a lot of choices, but they shouldn't be repeated like that. Take it to the election board for verification.

[jenmito]

10. Malta blue explained it above in post #3. I guess it's legit. Maybe I'll still call anyway,

though, just to make sure.

[IndyOp]

13. Do call and ask if the ballot is correct, then do all of the votes for Obama/Biden

get added together no matter the party affiliation?

At least McCain/Palin is listed under 3 different parties, Obama/Biden is listed under only 2.

New York election law sucks if it allows that kind of ballot to be legit.

[hedgehog]

12. New York has a lot of independent parties. As long as you get so many

votes on your line this year, you get a line on the next ballot. Otherwise you have to collect petitions. In effect, the independent parties are lobbying groups that use their votes to gain influence (support our bill and we'll endorse your candidates) In rural areas, it's not uncommon to see someone running for County legislator of sheriff on three or four lines, Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Liberal!


So, there may be some chicanery involved here, but it's just normal New York State politics, not election fraud.

From Wiki - about Mayor John Lindsay: In 1965, Lindsay was elected Mayor of New York City as a Republican with the support of the Liberal Party of New York in a three-way race. He defeated Democratic mayoral candidate Abraham D. Beame, then City Comptroller, as well as National Review magazine founder William F. Buckley, Jr., who ran on the Conservative line.

[ej510]

15. I'm in Ca and I received mine yesterday.

[jenmito]

18. Thanks for the info...

I did as the instructions told me and filled out only ONE oval per column (just one for P/VP, one for Congressman, etc.) :hi:

[MarjorieG]

20. These are all legit parties that candidates court.

For many upstate NY, the WFP line provides a service for those who won't vote Dem. It's an issues party. The Conservative Party is a joke, and people pay for that endorsement.

With lever machines (we're the only in this country still using them), and with upcoming scanning (if we can still stop e-voting), we can't over vote (or vote more than once).

[jenmito]

22. Thanks for the info.

That makes sense. :hi: