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 have eliminated the counting of write-in votes for persons who had not filed in advance a “declaration of intent.” The bill died in committee in both the House and the Senate.
Counting of Write-In Votes (H 5999, S 624)
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Representative Camille Vella-Wilkinson and Senator Stephen Archambault
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