I used to be a resident of Illinois, and they have a law that I think most residents are not even aware of.
In Illinois, during a general election, if a voter doesn't vote for the top election on the ballot, the entire ballot is tossed out.
An example of what I mean, the Presidential and Gubernatorial elections are off cycle. Presidential election, 2008, 2012, 2016, etc. Governor 2006, 2010, 2014, etc. So when the Presidential election occurs, that is the top election on the ballot. When its the Gubernatorial election, the governor is the top election on the ballot.
What happened to me occured when a guy was running for governor, now in prison after being the governor, that I could not vote for because the corruption on that guy was rolling out on him before he was first elected. And I couldn't vote for the other guy, because his values and mine were at odds. So, I didn't vote for governor, and went to the next highest category, which I think was Secretary of State, and began voting down the ballot there. That night on the 10PM news, they told who won the governor's race, and its a fella now in prison...BUT during the report, the noted that fewer votes were cast for governor than the rest of the races on the ballot, one of them being myself, and then they pointed out the state law that said if a voter skips the top race on the ballot (president or governor depending on the cycle), the ballot gets tossed out (trashed) and vote disqualified.
My ballot got tossed because I couldn't vote for a guy now in prison, and a guy I totally disagreed with, but voted in all other categories. Is that correct? Its the law in Illinois. Is it the law here at home in Indiana? Never got the Secretary of State to say yes or no, so to be safe, I vote ALL categories, even if I have to write in Mickey Mouse for top billing.
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