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
Because the Electoral College is an ancient institution from before they really thought about these things I don't think they have a solution for this
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There was, I recall, one faithless elector in 2004 for who was only *technically* a faithless elector because they cast their VP vote for "John Ewards" This was, presumably, in error, but officially they had to count it as a vote for "Ewards" and not John Edwards
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They were an elector from Minnesota and MN still had old-fashioned laws about electors being able to cast a secret ballot So they couldn't ask them to go back and change it because no one stepped up and admitted they were the "John Ewards" voter That's why they changed that law
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I mean, this is really more of an issue with the present-day system of ballots and write-in candidates, though the real answer is obviously "they don't expect candidates who are not on the ballot to win under any circumstances, certainly not for President".
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Yeah I mean it's funny that they apparently still cast their vote by just personally writing a name on a piece of paper
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