Minnesota Public Radio has published many of the challenged ballots in the recount there. Rounds 1 2 3 and 4. I understand that some people (given the overall volume) are bound to change their minds and want to scratch out a choice. However, if a voter fails to follow clear and explicit directions to fill in the oval and only the oval for all contests on the ballot (witness below), that voter's ballot should not be counted.
I suppose for me the most agitating part of all of this comes to mind when I reflect on my roll-off studies. Maybe instead of actual trends resulting from political institutions, it's all just trends in lunacy and oddity. Why would someone randomly abstain from a string of elections only to continue on the ballot later? Might as well figure out why someone chose to take the time to write in "Lizard People" for every write-in slot, and not vote for "Lizard People" for Senate. Oh democracy, how much better you are than the alternatives, but how revealing you are of the people.
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