Okay, New Hampshire has the spotlight today (January 8, 2008), but Michigan voters get their turn next week so you have plenty of time to try to figure out what to do.
The choices, remember, boil down to voting for Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Christopher Dodd (who has dropped out of the race), former Sen. Mike Gravel, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich; voting "uncommitted," and writing in someone's name.
Remember, though, that write-ins will count only if the candidate has notified the Secretary of State's office that he or she is a candidate. And Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards have not. So your vote will be wasted and your ballot thrown out.
Turns out, though, if you make a mistake and write in a candidate's name while voting absentee, you can get another chance to do it right. According to the Free Press, election clerks are giving absentee voters a second ballot.
"Uncommitted" remains the best choice for Edwards and Obama supporters. Although the national party's official stance right now is that Michigan delegates will not be seated, the party's eventual nominee (which likely will be decided well before the national convention) will want to waive the rule and seat the people Michigan sends to the convention.
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