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. How does one mistakenly write the wrong name?

At Captain's Quarters, Captain Ed posts that to believe the Edwards vote was a mistake, you have to believe that the Democrats chose an elector incapable of remembering the name of their presidential nominee.

At Centrisity, Flash posts that it appeared that one elector may have thought at the time that they were casting the Vice Presidential ballot first.

At The House Of Wheels, Leigh posts that if this was a protest vote, it achieved absolutely nothing other than making President Bush's electoral college victory greater.

UPDATE: At Trolling in Shallow Waters, Kent posts that dimwittedness may disqualify electors after word of the Minnesota vote gets around.

At PolySciFi, Jody offers a few jokes at the expense of the Minnesota Democratic party.

At Blogs For Bush, Matt Margolis posts the elector voted for Kerry before he voted against him.

Comments

[Maggie]

"How does one mistakenly write the wrong name?" you ask.

uhmmmmm...the Democratic delegate was originally from FLORIDA!