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2016 Postmortem

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8. Yeah, so?

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:50 PM

Feb 2016

So what?

They can also write in any name they like too.

This is a thoroughly unremarkable feature of elections, that names appear on ballots even after candidates have stopped running, or in some instances, DIED:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Carnahan

A Democrat, he served as the 51st Governor of Missouri (1993-2000) and was elected posthumously to the U.S. Senate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/

Five people have won election to Congress, despite being dead

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/2013-dead-candidates_n_4227552.html

Two Dead Candidates Win Majority Of Votes In Washington State

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CNN is about to announce some early results. [View all] EdwardBernays Feb 2016 OP

Here's a decent site carrying those results: Purveyor Feb 2016 #1

Uhh... retrowire Feb 2016 #3

There are like 30 people on the dem ballot Paulie Feb 2016 #4

Because the ballot is likely fixed in stone weeks before the election jberryhill Feb 2016 #5

And people are still voting for him. nt retrowire Feb 2016 #6

Yeah, so? jberryhill Feb 2016 #8

same thing happened in 2000...more or less...n/t islandmkl Feb 2016 #12

LOL!! n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #16

Wow! retrowire Feb 2016 #17

Yeah, shit happens jberryhill Feb 2016 #24

Most likely the ballots where already approved and printed Purveyor Feb 2016 #7

they have a filing deadline and then print them dsc Feb 2016 #15

53-44 now. DCBob Feb 2016 #2

Bernie ahead: 54-44 w/ 3% in demwing Feb 2016 #9

53-45 now. DCBob Feb 2016 #10

Here's a site with a nice map of precincts (color-coded for candidates) Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #11

The above %'s are holding at 8.6% of vote counted. Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #13

9.3% of vote: Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #20

Thanks for this link... k8conant Feb 2016 #19

Bernie ahead: 53-40 w/ 10% in demwing Feb 2016 #18

Strange. Cite I'm watching has Bernie 59.2%, Hillary 40.0% Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #21

Decisiondeskhq is calling it for Bernie w 14.2 precincts reporting. Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #22

CBS Now shows Bernie ahead 57-41 w/ 15% in demwing Feb 2016 #23