Letter: Are write-in ballots unconstitutional?

Published: 01-19-2024 3:55 PM

In 2024, New Hampshire will be the first state to clearly prove this to the voters of America. The governing body of New Hampshire has already decided that any possible spelling of a certain presidential candidate’s name, who is not on the ballot, shall receive these votes if election officials decide the write-in is somewhat close to the actual candidate’s name. Note that there are other people in the U.S. with the same name and the vote could be intended for them and not the actual candidate.

Now is the time to speak up and insist that write-in options on election ballots should be considered unconstitutional because there is no way to identify who the intended person might be when a name is written on a ballot. The governing body has no right to assign votes simply based on an assumption that it is intended for a specific person who is in a race. Allowing the variations of these write-in names on a ballot cannot be confirmed that the vote was ever intended for that candidate.

Dana Glow

Tilton

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