Lower Turnout, Higher Write-Ins Predicted For U.S. Senate Special Election

[yallerdawg]

Monday was the last day for Alabamians to register to vote in the December 12th special election

Source: Alabama News Network, by Kimberly Hyde

Secretary of State John Merrill says he is lowering his initial prediction for voter turnout on December 12th.

“With all of the things that have been introduced and the wavering support for candidates and the national media attention that has really discouraged a lot of people from being interested, I’ve dropped that projection to around 18 to 20 percent,” said Merrill.

Merrill’s initial expectation was as high as 25 percent of the state’s more than 3.3 million registered voters.

Merrill, however, does expect a possible surge in write-in votes.

“We’ve had a lot of inquiries about write-in candidates and how does someone write a person’s name in, are there any specific qualifications for a write-in candidate to be considered.”

“One of the things that we’ve done to make sure that people know that their vote will count if they choose to write-in a name, is an instruction sheet that will be available at each polling site.”

Merrill says there has been no sign of an organized campaign to write in a new candidate’s name.

There is still time to apply for an absentee ballot for the special election. Those ballots will be available until December 7th and must be returned by December 11th. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on December 12th for the special election.

Read it all at: http://www.alabamanews.net/2017/11/27/lower-turnout-higher-write-ins-predicted-u-s-senate-special-election/

[Chasstev365]

1. That means the crazies will win!

"Uncle Roy" (an SNL reference) Moore in the US Senate.

Good God!

[MontanaMama]

2. A write in is a vote

for The Pedophile. If these dumb fux can’t see clear to vote for Doug Jones, there’s no helping them. Moore will be elected. If I’m wrong I’ll say so.

[calguy]

3. You're not wrong.

I've never doubted for an instant the pervert will win.

[MontanaMama]

4. Darn it...

I thought someone would argue with me and give me some hope.

[MarvinGardens]

5. I will argue with you.

Third party votes aren't bad for our side *if* the voter in question is otherwise a staunch Republican. If such a voter casts their vote for a write-in, that is minus one vote for Roy Moore. It is essentially the same as if they didn't show up to vote. And wouldn't it be great if lots of staunch Rs didn't show up?