Thread by @gauravsabnis

Yeah, that's another weird quirk which confused the hell out of me the first time I went to vote in the US.

Any party can nominate anyone, whether the person accepts that nomination or not. But they don't get every vote that is for them! So weird, right?

https://twitter.com/ameyamhatre/status/1506246490863259654

Trump Republican and Trump Conservative are two different entities for the purposes of the system.

Another of those contentious issues laying dormant that is sure to come up in some election eventually. If it's close enough. Like the chads.

I didn't vote for Biden. I voted for Electors from the Dem party who pledged to vote for Biden in the EC.

If I had voted Biden Social whatever, it would have been a vote for that party, totally irrelevant.

If I filled out both Biden entries, it'd invalidate the ballot.

Do not be surprised if the 2024 election comes down to some counties where total votes in the name of one candidate (whichever party) are more than another, but the Republican vs Democratic votes for them are the reverse. And/or invalidated ballots are more than the margin.

Because if someone was in a hurry or a confused first time voter and filled out both circles for Biden or for Trump
- Logically, it is very clearly an emphatic vote for whoever they choose
- But legally and constitutionally, they have to be thrown out

Ticking time bomb, this.

The first time I went to vote, I had a lot of time. I read the instructions that do make it explicitly clear that you only vote for one. But I still went and double checked with the poll workers.

Not everyone might have the free time or the self-doubt to do that.