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Despair, meteors and f-bombs: Texans' write-in voters had a lot to say


Texans who weren't interested in any of the presidential candidates on the ballot wrote in everything from Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz to Chuck Norris and Harambe. Some left colorful messages for election officials.


by Brandon Formby  Dec. 9, 2016  7:32 PM 
 

In various colorful ways, some voters euphemistically wrote in "none of the above." In various colorful ways, some voters euphemistically wrote in "none of the above."

In various colorful ways, some voters euphemistically wrote in "none of the above."  Graphic by John Jordan
 
This year’s presidential election may have caused a surge in the number of Texas ballots cast, but not everyone who voted was excited about the major-party candidates. Or was interested in casting a ballot for one of the 13 certified write-in candidates whose votes were officially counted.

Thousands of voters instead wrote in others — living and dead, real and fictional — for president. In an hours-long investigation, The Texas Tribune reviewed the tallies for uncertified write-in candidates to give voice to at least some of the voters whose presidential picks were completely and totally rejected.

We looked at uncertified write-in tallies in four of the five largest counties: Bexar, Harris, Tarrant and Travis counties. (Our request for Dallas County's list of uncertified write-in votes has yet to be fulfilled.)

Bexar’s results were the most difficult to draw overarching conclusions from because they were grouped by individual precincts and not candidates.

But clearly, many Texans weren’t happy with their choices. Hundreds of urban voters wrote in some version of “no confidence,” “anyone else,” “none of the above,” “none” and the like. More than a dozen Texans didn’t just abstain from voting for president but actually took the time to write the word “abstain.” A Bexar County voter wrote “undecided.”

And those were the friendlier ways Texas expressed their disdain for major-party candidates. One person in Travis wrote “disappointed” while another wrote “disgusted.”  Someone in Harris wrote, “America deserves better.”

It gets sassier from there. An apparent Bexar County Republican used their vote to request “a real conservative." A Harris voter wanted “anyone else except Cruz.” Someone in Travis just wrote “Texit,” a play on this year’s “Brexit” vote in the United Kingdom. Each of those three counties also got one vote each for “We the People” and “We Can Do Better.”

And it gets darker. Two Harris voters cast ballots for anarchy. Another in Bexar simply said (or warned?), “control is an illusion.”

One person in Harris wrote “America U R Broken.” The sentiment from another Harris voter: “I just cant.”

Then there were the lighthearted write-ins. Some version of “giant meteor” or “giant asteroid” got about 8 votes. That includes the very particular “sweet meteor of death.” And someone in Harris County just went with a “bag of tarantulas.”


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https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/09/despair-meteors-and-f-bombs-write-votes-dont-count/

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Re: Despair, meteors and f-bombs: Texans' write-in voters had a lot to say
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2016, 12:19:05 am »
That article made me laugh!   :laugh:
Let it burn.

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Re: Despair, meteors and f-bombs: Texans' write-in voters had a lot to say
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2016, 02:18:48 am »
That's pretty funny