{news} McKinney is registered write-in candidate in CT

[Richard Duffee]

Right, we have to find out how it's doing all around the state.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM, David Bedell <dbedellgreen at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Todd Vachon is listed as a registered write-in candidate on the official
> 2008 list of candidates:
>
> http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/lists/list_of_candidates/2008_list_of_candidates.pdf
>
>
> The whole write-in system is screwed up.  The list available at my polling
> place in Stamford was incomplete--it did not list Eugene Flanagan, write-in
> candidate for Congress in the 4th CD.
>
> David Bedell
>
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> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:26:40 -0500
> From: richard.duffee at gmail.com
> To: rstuller at snet.net
> Subject: Re: {news} McKinney is registered write-in candidate in CT
> CC: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org; dbedellgreen at hotmail.com
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>
>
> I believe SOTS is overgeneralizing. The law they are citing is a state
> statute applying to MUNICIPAL elections, NOT federal law for federal
> elections. Yet they are applying it to McKinney and Clemente. We may have to
> sue.
> Richard
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Ronna Stuller <rstuller at snet.net> wrote:
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> Okay, now I have the answer to my own question, courtesy of the SOTS, who
> mailed me the information which I received today (perhaps because I'm listed
> as an elector?).
> "The law does *not* permit posting of the list of registered write-in
> candidates at the polls.....  if an elector asks for the names of registered
> write-in candidates, the election officials may show an exact copy of the
> enclosed list to him/her without comment."
>
> I received the list of presidential write-ins, but there was no mention of
> 2nd congressional district write-in Todd Vachon.
>
> Ronna
>
>
>
>  On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:50 AM, Ronna Stuller wrote:
>
>  David,
>
> Do you have the statute/policy for posting names of write-ins?  In my
> district, names were not posted, and I was told that the SOTS had instructed
> them to have names of write-in candidates available for the asking but not
> to post them. I can't seem to find the information on the SOTS site.  Thanks
> to anyone who can answer this.
>
> Ronna
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:11 AM, David Bedell wrote:
>
> For president and VP, McKinney and Clemente are listed, which means their
>
> names will be posted on the wall in each polling place and the state is
>
> required to count their votes.
>
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