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TexasTowelie

(112,249 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 07:17 AM Feb 2017

Invalid votes for president spike in Florida, outnumbering Trump's margin of victory here

Beyoncé, Tim Tebow or the Norse god Thor for prez? Those were some of Florida's more unusual picks for president this past election.

And the number of Florida voters who didn't cast a vote for either Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or any other valid contender spiked in 2016, apparently in protest over the ballot choices.

A report released by state officials Wednesday showed more than 161,000 Florida voters who took part in the elections either at the polls or by mail didn't cast a valid vote for president.

The "non-valid votes" include those who wrote in such names as Mickey Mouse or Bernie Sanders and others who simply left the ballot blank. It also includes those who voted for more than one candidate.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/invalid-votes-for-president-spike-in-florida-outnumbering-trumps-margin-of/2311755

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Invalid votes for president spike in Florida, outnumbering Trump's margin of victory here (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
I wonder how many of those voters are laughing now? tanyev Feb 2017 #1
But Hillary would have been just as bad doncha know? hay rick Feb 2017 #3
If you don't vote mitch96 Feb 2017 #2

hay rick

(7,624 posts)
3. But Hillary would have been just as bad doncha know?
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 10:53 PM
Feb 2017

Trump for prison- or some other institution that will keep him off the streets and remove the danger to society.

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