Tom Perez got 8% of the vote in PG County

[sbj405]

http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/election2006/summary-1.htm

I don't understand throwing your vote away like that. Close to 8k people in one county did.

There was a notice posted on the machine and I was given a slip of paper when I signed in and I was told verbally that the vote would not count.

[philmo]

1. Was he on the ballot?

I could have sworn he wasn't on the ballot when I voted (in PG).

[sbj405]

2. Yes, they did not have time to remove his name from the ballot.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. Was the slip of paper printed in Spanish as well as English?

Maybe that 8% could not read English...

[sbj405]

4. If I recall correctly, yes.

That was my thought, but they seem to do a pretty good job of making everything bilingual (including the stickers!).

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. That's true.

I wonder if people just ignored it, after receiving 20 pounds of primary election flyers and dozens of robo-politician calls.