Can someone tell me who 4,783 write-in votes are for?

[politicus]

With 96% of precincts reporting, there are 4,783 votes listed as "other" on the New York Times site http://politics.nytimes.com/election...states/NH.html

These same votes are listed as write-in on the Green Paper site http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/NH-R.phtml

That's about 2% of the vote and greater than the margin of difference between Giuliani and Paul! It's also more votes than Fred Thompson recieved!

I appreciate that some people write in "Mickey Mouse" or their own name or whatever, but I think that this is a huge number of unidentified votes. Does anyone know where we can find out the names that were written on these votes?

I am aware that there were a total of 21 candidates on the Republican ballot. The Green Papers website details the votes for all 21 of these candidates.

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/NH-R.phtml

For example, Vermin Supreme got 36 votes!

If anyone could let me know how I can find out who those 4,783 write-in voters voted for I would really appreciate it.

[Cyclone]

Write in names never get counted or even looked at unless a race is very close. In this case you can be sure they were not for Ron Paul.

You cannot find out who those names were. They don't bother with them. Too much time and effort for Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus.

[Luft97]

Write in names never get counted or even looked at unless a race is very close. In this case you can be sure they were not for Ron Paul.

You cannot find out who those names were. They don't bother with them. Too much time and effort for Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus.

That is horrible! Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus deserve a chance you know.. ;)

[BeFranklin]

The margin of error taken into account votes *not* looked at is then greater than the difference between some candidates.

[Shavenyak]

It's funny in a state where "Vermin Supreme" is on the ballot that there are write ins.