Good for her!

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Kudos to Judith Webb for her determination to have her vote counted!

Judge allows a Santa Cruz voter's Bernie Sanders ballot to count, after mistaken registration as an American Independent
...
"This election, to me, is so important," said Judith Webb, a Santa Cruz resident who won her case in court Wednesday.

Webb, 60, said she had assumed she was an "independent" voter until a friend pointed out the Los Angeles Times investigation of widespread confusion between being unaffiliated with any party and the minor, ultraconservative American Independent Party...

Webb, a Sanders supporter, discovered her error after the May 23 voter registration deadline...

Santa Clara County Dist. Judge John Gallagher, in a brief hearing, ordered elections officials to change Webb's voter registration status to "no party preference" and count her June 7 primary ballot.

"He congratulated me on my effort," said Webb of the judge's reaction.

Gail Pellerin, Santa Cruz County's registrar of voters, said her staff often helps people navigate the judicial process if a registration error is discovered. She did not object to the judge's ruling.

"I'm not going to oppose counting someone's vote," Pellerin said...

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-judge-allows-a-santa-cruz-voter-s-1466199517-htmlstory.html

[LoverOfLiberty]

1. Abuse of the legal system

And I don't care whose vote it was for.

Learn to read and follow instructions. The majority of us are able to do it.