My take on that article is Graham is speaking against those who have a pattern of not voting.
That is different than those who have a history of voting, clearly kept up with the candidates and issues, and then decided in 2012 that they could not ethically support any of the candidates.
I, too, question those who simply ignore their responsibility to become informed and vote. But, if they studied it and then decided to vote for Virgil Goode, then they still fulfilled that obligation and did what thought was ethically the best thing to do.
That’s why I would support a write-in or a third party in Mississippi versus Thad Cochran. I’m not Mississippian, but I would definitely counsel against a vote for Cochran. At the same time, I cannot vote for any pro-abortion candidate or anti-2nd amendment candidate or any anti-God candidate, so I’d never give my vote to a democrat in our current climate.
That’s why I will counsel write-in or 3rd party. The time for filing as an independent candidate in Mississippi has passed, but I really see nothing yet that says that controls who citizens can or cannot write in.
I disagree with your interpretation about Graham’s admonition, based on other things he said and did prior to the last presidential election. Regardless, how you decided to vote is your business, xzins. I respect your reasoning knowing you reputation. I was making the point that another poster is claiming people who voted for Romney in the last election are evil and Graham is a fraud.
No matter what you think about Franklin Graham, the man is not evil nor a fraud.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2011/01/16/5247199.htm
According to state law, write-in candidates are permitted only as the legitimate substitute
of a candidate who has died, resigned, withdrawn or been removed from the race.
That applies to every race, whether it’s a primary, special or general election at
any level of government, said Pamela Weaver, communications director of the secretary of
state’s office.
But every election ballot includes a space for write-in candidates, whether or not one
is needed for that race. It’s there just in case a write-in does become eligible.
And that’s perhaps where the confusion occurs, since some people see the space and assume
write-ins are allowed in all elections.
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Mississippi Code: 23-15-365
http://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2013/title-23/chapter-15/article-13/b/section-23-15-365