Democrats Seek Faithless Electors

The Nevada Appeal reports that Nevada elector John Marvel said he and other electors got letters from Democrats urging them to defect and switch their votes to Kerry:

“I filed my letter you know where,” he added.

From California Yankee.

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.