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December 14, 2004
Electoral College | Edwards Gets An Electoral Vote For President

The Associated Press reports that one of Minnesota’s 10 presidential electors cast a vote for John Edwards, Kerry’s vice presidential running mate:

Most electors chalked the vote up as a mistake rather than a purposeful political statement.

“I’m sure somebody made a mistake,” said elector Michael Meuers of Bemidji. “I’m certainly glad that the Electoral College is not separated by one vote.”

I don’t see how it could be a mistake. According to the Associated Press, the Minnesota electors wrote their candidate’s name on an 8½-inch-by-11-inch sheet of paper and put the ballots in a pine box.

From California Yankee.



Posted by Dan Spencer at December 14, 2004 07:57 AM | TrackBack
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Hahahaa…. Shows the intelligence of the MN Democratic electors. At least they could have spelled Ewards [sic] name right!

Here’s the Star-Tribune’s story:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5134791.html

Posted by: Max Darkside [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 15, 2004 01:52 PM

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