My absentee ballot came in the mail Since I'm in a blue county in a solidly blue state—one I'm about to functionally get priced out of, almost certainly never to return—I'm almost tempted not to vote out of pure bitterness but *sigh* I guess Westchester can profit at my expense
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So because Gloria La Riva's not on the ballot and I don't do write-ins I guess that means I can vote for Biden on the Democratic ticket OR Biden on the Working Families ticket Which option is more praxisish
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
FYI, Gloria La Riva is a qualified write-in for New York (meaning the state has acknowledged her candidacy and she can theoretically win the election)
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what is the point of having this instead of just putting them on the ballot
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Ballot gatekeeping is a practical thing, they make you prove you have sufficient support in the state by gathering signatures before the deadline so they aren't inundated with hundreds of cranks wanting to be on the ballot every year
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Famously, the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election was a loophole -- the number of signatures required to get on that ballot was much lower than normal -- and they WERE inundated with cranks, the final ballot had 135 candidates and was this little phone book thing
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But most states have laws saying the minimum qualification to have your votes counted at all should be somewhat lower than being on the ballot To be a "qualified write-in candidate" you just need to send a letter telling them you're running before the election
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Because they only want to count votes for which they have verification the name corresponds to a real person who would actually take the office if they were elected As opposed to voting for "South Park"
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This is also a practical issue to deal with duplicate names, name typos, etc. -- it simplifies vote-counting issues a great deal if you only have to deal with comparing the written-in name with a list of names of qualified candidates than counting *everything* someone could write
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