Comments on: Ritchie: Making voters take absentee ballot errors to court is costly, stressful, ‘bad’ http://minnesotaindependent.com/18758/ritchie-making-voters-take-absentee-ballot-errors-to-court-is-costly-stressful-bad News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bob the voter http://minnesotaindependent.com/18758/ritchie-making-voters-take-absentee-ballot-errors-to-court-is-costly-stressful-bad/comment-page-1#comment-19675 Bob the voter Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:14:10 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18758#comment-19675 count 'em. Get 'er done. count ‘em. Get ‘er done.

]]> By: TheSteelGeneral http://minnesotaindependent.com/18758/ritchie-making-voters-take-absentee-ballot-errors-to-court-is-costly-stressful-bad/comment-page-1#comment-19369 TheSteelGeneral Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:19:53 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18758#comment-19369 this seems like a lame excuse. just count the votes. this seems like a lame excuse. just count the votes.

]]> By: John LAW http://minnesotaindependent.com/18758/ritchie-making-voters-take-absentee-ballot-errors-to-court-is-costly-stressful-bad/comment-page-1#comment-19346 John LAW Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:00:55 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18758#comment-19346 If the unopened absentee ballots, when reviewed, meet the requirements for proper ballots they should be counted. It was already done in a couple counties for a handful of ballots, so get it done already, it means that some people got their ballot counted and others got bupkiss which is unequal treatment under the law. 4%+ is a criminal absentee ballot spoil rate. The people who set up and run such a system without trying to address the problems are committing anti-voting crime. If the unopened absentee ballots, when reviewed, meet the requirements for
proper ballots they should be counted.
It was already done in a couple counties for a handful of ballots, so get it done already, it means that some people got their ballot counted and others got bupkiss which is unequal treatment under the law.

4%+ is a criminal absentee ballot spoil rate. The people who set up and run such a system without
trying to address the problems are committing anti-voting crime.

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