A Wisconsin advocacy group is urging Democratic voters to list themselves as “uninstructed” on the state’s upcoming April presidential primary ballot in protest of President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
The move follows a similar campaign in Michigan that ultimately resulted in more than 100,000 Democrats listing themselves as “uncommitted” on the state’s primary ballot last month.
“We are incredibly incensed by the fact that (Biden) has been unequivocally supportive of the genocide against the Palestinian people and the people in Gaza and he continues to arm Israel,” said Janan Najeeb, one of the organizers for Listen to Wisconsin, the group organizing the “uninstructed” campaign. “We know that (the United States is) the main supporter of Israeli armaments, and we could have ended this a long time ago.”
The specific ballot language for the uncommitted vote varies: Minnesota voters have the "uncommitted" vote option on their primary ballots, Colorado has a "non-committed delegate" option, while Massachusetts and North Carolina have a "no preference" option.
In Virginia, voters looking to cast a protest vote are asked to vote for Marianne Williamson (even thou she's pro Zionist) the Democratic longshot challenger to Mr. Biden.
After Super Tuesday, there are campaigns for the uncommitted vote in Georgia and Washington, which have primaries on March 12.
WRT California look how fucked up that state's primary is. They need to open that shit up
We aren't going to see the numbers because they give them no option. They have a jungle primary so its going to be another 3-5% spread across a dozen randos. 40% in and Cenk isn't even showing on the radar. Get fucked Cenk.
The Secretary of State’s office says that only votes for Biden, the seven other official candidates on the Democratic ballot or the six certified write-in candidates will be counted for the presidential race.
But leaving the presidential race blank or “editorializing” by writing in another name or phrase won’t invalidate the rest of your ballot, unless it “impedes tabulation,” in which case it will be set aside and reviewed by election officials.
Besides registered Democrats, no party preference voters can also cast ballots in the primary if you request a Democratic presidential ballot.
To minimize the risk of invalidating one’s vote, California leaders with the Council on American-Islamic Relations told CalMatters they are calling for Democratic voters to leave the presidential race blank and make sure to vote in other contests.
Al Jabbar, secretary of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, California PAC: “We are asking all of our voters to vote down-ballot, and many of them are looking for candidates who are asking or calling for a ceasefire…. We don’t want to take the risk of affecting other down-ballots, especially with tight Senate and congressional races.”
Remember a couple years back when some paper listed results at random to put puke dog-killer in the first position when bernie actually won whatever it was handily?
Key Midwest swing states dunking hard on
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Wisconsin votes April 2. Very swingy state as well.
They are burying the UNCOMMITTED by making them footnotes instead of beating out Dean Philips and Orb lady.
I remember Stewart calling this shit out with the media's erasing of Ron Paul
MOAR RESULTS
North Carolina 12.7% NO PREFERENCE
Massachusetts 9.4% NO PREFERENCE
Colorado 8.0% NONCOMMITTED
I don't know if there is an UNCOMMITTED spot in California.
Which Super Tuesday states have "uncommitted" on the ballot? The protest voting option against Biden is spreading.
Virgina - 7.8% Orb lady / UNCOMMITTED
Oklahoma, ballots don't have a "no preference" choice and also don't allow write-ins.
Oklahoma - 9.1% Orb lady / UNCOMMITTED
WRT California look how fucked up that state's primary is. They need to open that shit up
We aren't going to see the numbers because they give them no option. They have a jungle primary so its going to be another 3-5% spread across a dozen randos. 40% in and Cenk isn't even showing on the radar. Get fucked Cenk.
How do California Democrats vote for Gaza ceasefire in primary?
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The Secretary of State’s office says that only votes for Biden, the seven other official candidates on the Democratic ballot or the six certified write-in candidates will be counted for the presidential race.
But leaving the presidential race blank or “editorializing” by writing in another name or phrase won’t invalidate the rest of your ballot, unless it “impedes tabulation,” in which case it will be set aside and reviewed by election officials.
Besides registered Democrats, no party preference voters can also cast ballots in the primary if you request a Democratic presidential ballot.
To minimize the risk of invalidating one’s vote, California leaders with the Council on American-Islamic Relations told CalMatters they are calling for Democratic voters to leave the presidential race blank and make sure to vote in other contests.
Al Jabbar, secretary of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, California PAC: “We are asking all of our voters to vote down-ballot, and many of them are looking for candidates who are asking or calling for a ceasefire…. We don’t want to take the risk of affecting other down-ballots, especially with tight Senate and congressional races.”
Remember a couple years back when some paper listed results at random to put puke dog-killer in the first position when bernie actually won whatever it was handily?