Illinois

Peregrine Took

(7,504 posts) Tue Mar 15, 2016, 03:34 PM Mar 2016

In some Congressional districts there is an extra Bernie delegate on the ballot.

(Illinois) You can only pick 7 but they listed 8 - in case one might drop out.

If you go down the list too fast you can easily vote for that 8th one and that is an over vote - negates all your delegates for Bernie.

The Trib had an article about this potential ballot problem in early March.

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In some Congressional districts there is an extra Bernie delegate on the ballot. (Original Post) Peregrine Took Mar 2016 OP

We had 5 Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #1

Us, too WCIL Mar 2016 #5

I'm another blue dot in red McHenry County. Snarkoleptic Mar 2016 #7

Many of our polling places ran out of ballots! WCIL Mar 2016 #9

This is the type of stuff that happens when anti-gubmint conservatives run things. Snarkoleptic Mar 2016 #10

It is now 10 PM WCIL Mar 2016 #12

Dirty Tricks -- we must be vigilant yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #2

We had 7 on the ballot and could pick 6. JeffHead Mar 2016 #3

We had six, and you could pick five Sienna86 Mar 2016 #4

I noticed that on my ballot Bobbie47 Mar 2016 #6

Dupage had 5 Bernie Delegates xloadiex Mar 2016 #8

It seemed odd and not sure who to pick as delegates Person 2713 Mar 2016 #11

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)

1. We had 5

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 03:35 PM

Mar 2016

....and you could only pick 4.

McHenry County, IL

WCIL

(343 posts)

5. Us, too

Reply to Bjornsdotter (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 04:20 PM

Mar 2016

in Adams County

Snarkoleptic

(6,027 posts)

7. I'm another blue dot in red McHenry County.

Reply to Bjornsdotter (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:02 PM

Mar 2016

We had 6 Sanders delegates and a "Vote for not more than five".
They were Franklin, Sorenson, McDonald, Daley, Wolff, and Bailey.

Now I see there are issues causing the polls to stay open an extra 90-minutes.
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/03/15/mchenry-county-polls-to-stay-open-until-830-p-m-under-emergency-order/aiu92nm/

WOODSTOCK – Polls in McHenry County will stay open until 8:30 p.m. today after problems with the electronic poll books in several precincts caused delays for some voters.

McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan said the polls will be allowed to stay open for another 90 minutes longer than originally planned after an emergency court order was granted.

She estimated the electronic books used to check voters in were not working in less than a dozen polling places when the polls opened at 6 a.m. However, the problems were sprinkled throughout the county, she said, with problems being reported at select locations in Algonquin, Chemung, Dorr, Dunham, Grafton, McHenry and Nunda townships.

WCIL

(343 posts)

9. Many of our polling places ran out of ballots!

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:26 PM

Mar 2016

We use paper ballots. There were not enough ballots, R or D, and many people were told to try coming back after 6 pm. There is a hotly contested State's Attorney race on the Republican side, and people are ticked. The County Clerk printed ballots for a 27% turnout, and is taking a very "Oh well" attitude. He has not explained why the delay in printing new ballots and getting them to the polls.

This County Clerk is a Republican, and he is already taking a beating from his own side. I hope this mobilizes us to put a candidate on the ballot next time.

Snarkoleptic

(6,027 posts)

10. This is the type of stuff that happens when anti-gubmint conservatives run things.

Reply to WCIL (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:30 PM

Mar 2016

Also, it was quite a bummer to see how sparsly filled-out the D ballot was. Wish I could run, but too much baggage.

WCIL

(343 posts)

12. It is now 10 PM

Reply to WCIL (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:12 PM

Mar 2016

and there are still people waiting at polling places for ballots. The news says it may be Thursday before there are certifiable results. Voter turnout was estimated to be 60%.