Comments on: State voting for President

By: Ronald Hardy

Ronald Hardy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:08:00 +0000

This is a quick attempt at an answer: A state can only carry one proxy vote per present delegate. Maine had 9 delegates present, carrying 9 proxy votes (or some such distribution) thus cast 18 votes, but Maine was allocated much more, 44 I think. If they would have sent 22 delegates, they could have cast 44 votes.

Wisconsin was allocated 24 delegates, and we brought 24 delegates, no proxies once everyone showed up.

By: breaks5

breaks5 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:55:22 +0000

Let me correct what I said. What I said is true about Maine, but not Wisconsin which wasn’t allotted more delegates than NY. The state that was underrepresented. Illinois is the other less populous state that was originally allotted more delegates than NY, and apparently cast all of them.

By: breaks5

breaks5 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:50:07 +0000

Gregg, can I follow you up with a question that I don’t understand. My state, NY, ended up casting the most votes of any for McKinney. Why were the delegate totals from Wisconsin and Maine so low? They were both allotted more delegates than NY was, but they didn’t cast as many votes. Frankly, I’m not complaining since it basically means I was better represented (all NY green voters were), but if I lived in Wisconsin or Maine (especially if I’d voted in their primary/state convention), I’d feel a little cheated.

By: Gregg Jocoy

Gregg Jocoy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:31:13 +0000

OK…I see that Ron corrected the SC total. The accurate total is one for McKinney, one for swift, which would seem to suggest that only one of our delegates actually made it to Chicago, or both made it, but for some reason none of the proxy votes were cast. I’, inclined to think that we only got one delegate to the convention.

By: Gregg Jocoy

Gregg Jocoy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:33:51 +0000

I am at a loss to explain South Carolina’s votes, but I must say that I am VERY disappointed. Since McKinney won 4 votes at our state convention, and the ONLY other person who got ANY support was kat swift, for Mesplay to get a vote and swift not is a direct reversal of what happened at our state convention. True, four were uncommitted, but we did not pass this vote at our state convention. I feel like we got screwed if this vote is accurate. And if it is, why did we get only two votes? We sent two delegates, or said we were going to. If two went we should have had four votes!

By: Ronald Hardy

Ronald Hardy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:29:09 +0000

Thank you Drew! I can’t believe I forgot my power cord. I’m on a borrowed computer now, I’ll update the post with the state by state totals.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:26:11 +0000

The 44 1/2 votes were for Jesse Johnson.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:23:52 +0000

The unofficial state by state breakdown I got was and it’s a 58% win overall :

ARIZONA 6 – Cynthia McKinney, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kent Mesplay

ALASKA 4 – Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1 Jared Ball

BLACK CAUCUS – 2 Cynthia McKinney

ARKANSAS – 4 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1 Kat Swift, 1 Jared Ball, I UNCOMMITTED

CALIFORNIA – 52 Ralph Nader, 23 Cynthia McKinney, 4 Elaine Brown, 3 Kat Swift, 3 Kent Mesplay, 2 Jesse Johnson

COLORADO – 5 Elaine Brown, 3 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Kent Mesplay, 2 Kat Swift

CONNECTICUT – 10 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Ralph Nader

DELAWARE – 6 Cynthia McKinney

D.C. – 13 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kat Swift, 1 Ralph Nader

FLORDIA – 11 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Kent Mesplay, 2 Ralph Nader, 1 Kat Swift

GEORGIA – 7 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kat Swift

HAWAI’I – 4 Ralph Nader, 4 Cynthia McKinney

ILLINOIS – 25 Cynthia McKinney, 8 Howie Hawkins, 6 Kent Mesplay, 5 Jared Ball

INDIANA – 6 1/2 Cynthia McKinney, 1 1/2 Kent Mesplay

IOWA – 3 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Kat Swift, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1 UNCOMMITTED

LAVENDER CAUCUS – 4 Cynthia McKinney

LOUISIANA 5 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Ralph Nader

MAINE 15 Cynthia McKinney, 1 1/2 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kat Swift, 1/2 Kent Mesplay

MARYLAND 6 Cynthia McKinney, 4 Jesse Johnson, 3 Kat Swift, 3 Kent Mesplay

MASSACHUSETTS 13 Cynthia McKinney, 3 Ralph Nader, 3 Kent Mesplay, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kat Swift

MICHIGAN 17 Cynthia McKinney, 4 Raph Nader, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1 Kat Swift

MINNESOTA 11 Cynthia McKinney, 1 UNCOMMITTED

MISSISSIPPI 4 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Kat Swift, 2 Kent Mesplay

MISSOURI 5 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kat Swift

MONTANA 1 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kent Mesplay

NEBRASKA 8 Cynthia McKinney

NEW JERSEY 6 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1 Ralph Nader

NEW YORK 28 1/2 Cynthia McKinney, 3 Jesse Johnson, 2 1/2 Ralph Nader, 2 Kent Mesplay

NORTH CAROLINA 5 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kent Mesplay

OHIO 3 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Ralph Nader, 1 UNCOMMITTED

OKLAHOMA 9 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Jesse Johnson

PENNSYLVANIA 10 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Jesse Johnson, 2 1/2 UNCOMMITTED, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1/2 Ralph Nader

RHODE ISLAND 5 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Jesse Johnson

SOUTH CAROLINA 1 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kent Mesplay

TENNESSEE 5 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kat Swift, 1 Kent Mesplay

TEXAS 10 Kat Swift, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Cynthia McKinney

UTAH 2 Cynthia McKinney

VIRGINIA 3 Ralph Nader, 2 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Jesse Johnson, 1 Kat Swift, 1 UNCOMMITTED

WASHINGTON 10 Cynthia McKinney, 1 Kent Mesplay, 1 Kat Swift

WEST VIRGINIA 6 Jesse Johnson, 2 Cynthia McKinney

WISCONSIN 19 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Kent Mesplay, 1 Kat Swift, 1 Ralph Nader

WOMEN’S CAUCUS 2 Cynthia McKinney, 2 Kat Swift

532 Total Votes

313 Cynthia McKinney

87 Ralph Nader

44 1/2 Votes

39 Kent Mesplay

36 Kat Swift

9 Elaine Brown

7 Jared Ball

7 1/2 UNCOMMITTED

By: Cynthia And Rosa

Cynthia And Rosa — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:56:58 +0000

Oh Yes!!! Now, that’s CHANGE We Can BELIEVE IN!

By: deesings

deesings — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:53:32 +0000

Hey, http://www.greensforgreens.org
Cynthia McKinney Wins Green Party Presidential Nomination

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

PAINT THE WHITE HOUSE GREEN!!!!

You go girls!