Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Ballot Access News » Blog Archive » California Bill to Count Write-ins when Voter Forgot, or Didn’t Know, to Fill in the Oval

"California Assemblymember Martin Block (D-Lemon Grove) has introduced AB 503. It says that write-in votes can be counted, even when the voter who cast the write-in vote didn’t know, or forgot, to fill in the oval or space next to the write-in line. These votes would be hand-counted, but only if the computer-counted votes showed that the write-in candidate might have won the election.

The legislature passed a similar bill in 2006, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it. However, he is no longer Governor."
http://www.ballot-access.org/2011/02/16/california-bill-to-count-write-ins-when-voter-forgot-or-didnt-know-to-fill-in-the-oval/
Under the above referenced article, one commenter says, "Demo Rep Says: One more scanner ballot thing to worry about – to get screwed up with more chaos election cases in the courts ???

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