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What effect will “lost” votes have on your favorite Republican candidate?
With primary voting in New York well under way, Republican voters are finding a surprise in their candidate choices. The GOP ballots offer Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Governor John Kasich and … Dr. Ben Carson.
This is what the Republican ballot for the NYS Pres. primary will look like on Tues. Note:Ben Carson still on@WKBW pic.twitter.com/iy9srTSgzz
— Ed Reilly (@WKBWedreilly) April 15, 2016
The former Republican candidate was late in submitting his request to be removed from the ballot, said New York State Board of Election’s Thomas Connolly, according to MSNBC. But Carson asked to have any of his votes voided in a request on Monday, the last day he could do so.
Even a few hundred votes for Carson could hurt Trump’s position in New York’s proportional system of allocating delegates. Candidates who gain 50 percent or more of the votes in one of New York’s 27 congressional districts will take away all three of the delegate votes in that district. In this highly competitive election race, even a one or two percent pull of votes away from Trump by Carson could hurt the GOP front-runner.
Carson’s request to the state’s Election Board will, in effect, nullify any votes that are cast for him in Tuesday’s primary. The result of this move has had conflicting reactions as some see the voided votes helping boost Trump’s numbers by eliminating a competitor, while others wonder if the votes helped other candidates in some districts.
The number of those votes will never be reported to the public, and they will not count toward the allocation of delegates, but it is not clear if those voters would have chosen Trump if Carson’s name were not on the ballot.
Despite the fact that Carson was the one to blame for his name being left on the ballot, Trump supporters were immediately slamming the Republican Party and crying foul in reactions on Twitter.
I’ve noticed Ben Carson’s name is still appearing on some NY ballots. Does anyone know why other than to keep Trump under 50%?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii These state-by-state schemes are so troubling. I will never look at this political process the same again.
— Roger Louis (@VituperateMe) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii @SharonMcCutchan Saw some Cruz people spreading around to NY people to vote Carson today. Slimy!
— Kristi Lade (@kristilade) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii #Trumpanzees : “Cruz’s dirty tricks!”
— Thomas J Edwards (@Conservative4MI) April 19, 2016
Why the hell is Ben Carson on the NY ballot. Marco isn’t and he dropped out after Ben
— CruzCrew=Manson fam (@MikeRoySF) April 19, 2016
@rafealcuzr66 Lol. What a scam. They removed all the other dropped out candidates from the ballot except Carson? #NYValues
— John (@DaBearsk) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii Any way you look at it, Carson on the ballot is wrong!
— calvin bynum5 (@calvinbynum5) April 19, 2016
I like Ben Carson, but why is he still on NY ballot? https://t.co/YBpmHeTOwY
— Pmicc (@pmicc33) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii @Trump4Pres0225 @realDonaldTrump I am sure the GOP has done this to stop Donald from the 50%. Even Rubio is on ballots still
— Angel Watson (@newtimesahead) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii
ALBANY – A vote for Ben Carson on Tuesday will count the same as no vote at all.— THE REAL DARK JUDGE (@ROYALMRBADNEWS) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii Ben Carson gives Trump last-minute NY boost https://t.co/FBEsCHXCBQ
— THE REAL DARK JUDGE (@ROYALMRBADNEWS) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii Brooklyn has Carson on the ballot even tough Rubio was the last one to drop. More Reince dirty tricks!
— G (@GmanFan44) April 19, 2016
@mitchellvii It’s not Ben Carson’s name that will cause the problem, it’s the rigging of the Diebold machine as instructed by #corruptGOP
— Jas Singh (@thejassingh) April 19, 2016
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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