When we cast a ballot (vote) does it really count?

Question

And what is the deal with electoral votes?

Answer 1

Not if you live in Florida. Jeb Bush has voting machines with no way to recount and no paper trail. He learned his lesson the first time his brother ran, and wasn't about to let that happen again. It will help him when he runs also.
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Answer 2

Maybe, maybe not, have been watching.. Here's what I suggest you do if you want your future votes to count. Don't push for half of this we need it all. For at least50 years every election has been bought.We need a computerized system with triplicate hard copy printed out for the voter One goes in aballot box, one to keep, and one for something I have not thought of. All of these are numbered like your money, all the same #. Then the next week after votes are counted the results should be published so you can check to see your vote was counted corectly. Legal accountabilty establish with severe penaltys for any tampering. Tell your reps in writting that is what you want b4 2008. Insist tell your friends to insist spread the concept. or your vote probably will not mean much.

Answer 3

Yes, your vote does count! And did you know that the lowest voting group was 18-25 year olds in the last election! More people should go out and vote. In the G. Bush and Al gore elections, Al Gore lost by a ridiculously small amount of votes. If only a couple of more people had voted we would have Al Gore as president and not Bush. And electoral votes do have their flaws, but direct vote presents more problem in a country this big than electoral votes.

Answer 4

Only if you vote for one of the majority party candidates.

The way the electoral college is implemented in almost all states is that the highest-result candidate gets all the votes, and no other candidate gets any votes. So, if you vote for someone who doesn't have a good chance to be the highest-result candidate, the vote is literally not counted in the final result.

Answer 5

hello,

the vote counting has gotton more complicated and more votes than ever are not counted.

in fact not since the Jim Crow era have so many votes been contested or not counted as were in the 2004 election.

Republican operatives compile cage list of felons names to purge from the voting rolls, problem is that out of the thousands to hundreded thousands of the list can be as high as 94 percent inaccuarte.

in florida in 2004 the governer although he swore he wouldn't used purge list again and this time included indicted but not convicted names....

in the United states if you are black in the 2004 election....

in a non white majority districts in compared to white majority districts.

if you were black there was a 900% greater chance of your vote not being counted.

for hispanics it was 500%
and for native americans it was 2000% greater chance of your vote not counting


there were 3 million uncounted votes in the last election.

with opitical scanners that leave no paper reciet to
republicans using illegal cage list to contest votes based on race and religion.



Please watch this when you have time, it was the most important information i ever heard on elections, Iraq and the 2008 elections coming up.....

its worth it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5224156256767455986

Answer 6

It depends quite a lot on the type of voting system. If your vote is cast on an electronic voting system, with no audit trail, (no way of double-checking afterwards), the it is quite likely to be miscounted as in Ohio in 2000 and 2004 elections. The only thing to do is to insist that your region does not use electronic voting systems.

Answer 7

I think they are literally counted but I don't think that they count for anything. It's so frustrating picking between the lesser of two evils. I often feel that I only vote so I have a right to bi**h!

Answer 8

Actually your vote can count (for what its worth) in some years when you vote for a 3rd party candidate. I seem to recall old Ross Perot eroding senior Bush a bit.

-- Edit: However, the effect here is no different than simply voting for Clinton.

Answer 9

Your one vote can make a huge difference. Here's a website for you that gives some recent examples of how one vote mattered.

http://www.vietvoteusa.org/Articles/OneVote.htm

Answer 10

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