Regardless of who a vote is for, even if it is for an inevitably losing cause, all voters fundamentally deserve the right for their votes to be counted. For this reason, we opposed a bill which would eliminate the counting of write-in votes for persons who had not filed in advance a “declaration of intent.”
Counting of Write-In Votes (H 5960, S 841)
Sponsors
Representative Camille Vella-Wilkinson and Senator Leonidas Raptakis
Status
Passed House Committee, Held for Further Study in Senate
Session
2023
Bill number
Position
Oppose
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