Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat May 31, 2008 at 9:58 AM Pacific

Uncommited in Michigan

Mark Brewer, the Michigan Party chair, just said that there were 30,000 write-in votes in Michigan -- something I hadn't known. Write-in votes aren't counted under Michigan law unless a candidate specifically asks for them to be counted, so we don't know who those votes were for, but it's hard to imagine that nearly all weren't for Obama and Edwards.

Meanwhile, Clinton supporter Elaine Kamarck just said: "I have no doubt that most of the uncommitted vote was for Obama, and that most of those delegates would be for Obama." She went on to argue that uncommitted voters in Michigan should be treated as uncommitted.

Uncommited in Michigan

Mark Brewer, the Michigan Party chair, just said that there were 30,000 write-in votes in Michigan -- something I hadn't known. Write-in votes aren't counted under Michigan law unless a candidate specifically asks for them to be counted, so we don't know who those votes were for, but it's hard to imagine that nearly all weren't for Obama and Edwards.

Meanwhile, Clinton supporter Elaine Kamarck just said: "I have no doubt that most of the uncommitted vote was for Obama, and that most of those delegates would be for Obama." She went on to argue that uncommitted voters in Michigan should be treated as uncommitted.

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