In the island community of Vinalhaven, Maine, Kerry received 519 votes, Bush received 249 votes, Nader received 7 votes, Cobb (the Green Party candidate) received 5 votes, and Badnarik received a grand total of 0 votes.
Now the strange part: Constitution Party candidate Michael Peroutka came in first with 540 votes, almost half his total for the entire state. A fluke, or could Vinalhaven be the epicenter of the coming Constitution Party earthquake?
(I'll go out on a limb and say fluke.)
Comments (3)
It was the hanging chad.
Posted by Richard | November 3, 2004 7:21 PM
Posted on November 3, 2004 19:21
It was a variant of the butterfly ballot, the lobster-claw ballot. That or they all thought Michael Peroutka is Stephen King's real name.
Posted by Gary Collard | November 9, 2004 12:29 AM
Posted on November 9, 2004 00:29
Or...it could have been machine error. The NY Post had an editorial this week about very odd minor party totals in heavy African American precincts in Ohio.
Posted by Rodger | December 1, 2004 11:43 PM
Posted on December 1, 2004 23:43