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Write-in candidate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Write-in candidates are a holdover from the time when ballot papers blank, and had no names printed on them at all. Write-in candidates rarely win, and votes are often cast for ineligible people or fictional characters. Strom Thurmond in 1954 became the only person ever to be elected to the United States Senate as a write-in candidate. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Write-in_candidate

WRITE-IN CANDIDATES Write-in candidates for statewide office and *independent joint candidates for president and vice president must file their declaration of intent with the Secretary of State. A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate in the general election must be filed not later that 4:00 p.m. To be a write-in candidate, a person must file a declaration of intent (Form 13, or for independent joint candidates for president and vice president, Form 13-A). www.electionohio.com /trumbull/write-in.htm

SOS, Missouri - Elections: Write-In Candidates Each such declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be accompanied by a declaration of candidacy for each presidential elector in substantially the form set forth in subsection 3 of section 115.399 RSMo. Except for candidates for political party committees, no candidate shall be elected as a write-in candidate unless such candidate receives a separate plurality of the votes without party designation regardless of whether or not the total write-in votes for such candidate under all party and without party designations totals a majority of the votes cast. No candidate who files for nomination to an office and is not nominated at a primary election may file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the same office at the general election. www.sos.mo.gov /elections/writein2004.asp

ELECTION CODE - CHAPTER 146 CANDIDATE'S NAME REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON In a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates. CANDIDATE'S NAME REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON In an election for city officers, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates. CANDIDATE'S NAME REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON A write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates required by Section 146.031. www.capitol.state.tx.us /statutes/docs/EL/content/htm/el.009.00.000146.00.htm

State of Utah Elections Office Filing the Declaration of Write-In Candidacy means that write-in votes for the candidate will be counted. To become a valid write-in candidate for a state or federal office, an individual must file a Declaration of Write-In Candidacy no later than 14 days before the regular general election. State office candidates may file the declaration in person either with the county clerk in their county of residence or with the Lt. Governor's Office. elections.utah.gov /howtobecomeawrite-incandidate.html

Write-In Voting A defeated primary candidate may not actively offer or campaign as a write-in candidate for the ensuing election. Write-in votes are not allowed in primary elections for the election of President or Vice-president. Write-in votes are allowed for all other elections. www.dansnow2004.com /petition.htm

1994-110 8/30/1994 Kansas Attorney General Opinion The ability to use stickers for the purpose of casting a vote for a write-in candidate and the form such stickers must take is dependent in part on the type of technology used in counting and tabulating votes. Therefore, it is questionable whether a write-in vote containing items other than the name of the write-in candidate would be invalid under K.S.A. However, the statute is indicative of the legislature's intent regarding prepared materials which are to be used by voters. K.S.A. If the county election officer in a county using an electronic or electromechanical voting system has provided a separate paper ballot for casting a vote for a write-in candidate, the procedures applicable for voting on paper ballots should be followed. www.kscourts.org /ksag/opinions/1994/1994-110.htm

"Lost" Votes and a Stolen Election Write-In Candidate." An inexperienced voter might think it was necessary to punch the hole and write the candidate's name in addition to marking the candidate in the list. candidate," a ballot cannot be considered overvoted because of a "write-in vote." There are, however, provisions in the law that do not apply to the ballots discussed here but that could be deliberately misapplied to allow the use of these holes - not to be counted, but as markers. candidate shall file his or her qualification papers with the respective qualifying officer at any time after noon of the 1st day for qualifying, but not later than noon of the last day of the qualifying period for the office sought. www.failureisimpossible.com /essays/lostvotes.htm

WRITE-IN CANDIDATES In order to be nominated to any partisan office, the write-in candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate running for that party’s nomination, and must also receive votes equal to at least 1% of all votes cast for that office at the last preceding general election at which the office was filled. Elected as any other candidate in the primary election.  If a candidate receives a majority of the votes, s/he is elected in the primary.  If a candidate does not receive a majority of the votes, the two candidates with the highest number of votes will appear on the general election ballot. Candidates may be nominated or elected, if applicable, to any office at the Primary Election by fulfilling the requirements of Part 3 of Division 8 of the Elections Code, commencing at Section 8600. www.calcourts.org /sbelecinfo/WRITEIN40.htm

Write-in Weiss! - Green Candidate for Urbana Mayor Write in votes are counted only for those candidates who have filed a Declaration of Intent to be a write-in candidate at the County Clerk's Office. If a voter wishes to vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, the voter may write in the name of the candidate in the space provided on the inside of the ballot card envelope. As Greens, we were extremely discouraged by the current mayor's treatment of progressive candidates and causes in Urbana and we felt that we could not wait another four years before challenging his hold on this important office. www.prairienet.org /greens/weiss4mayor.htm

Voting system Write-in candidates rarely win and votes are often cast for ineligible people or fictional characters. Some elections allow voters to write in the name of a person not on the ballot as their candidate. In party-list proportional representation systems, candidates can be aligned with, or nominated by, parties, and the party's list of candidates plays a functional role within the system. www.asinah.net /articles/content/v/vo/voting_system.html

Alaska's Presidential Write-in Candidate Information - 2004 General Election To be a valid write-in vote, the voter must write in the names as they appear on the Write-in Candidates' Letter of Intent, or write in the last names of the candidates. With respect to write-in candidates, Alaska law requires a provision to be made for voting for write-in candidates within each section of the official ballot of the General Election. A write-in vote is the writing in of candidates' names with the oval filled in to the right of the names. www.gov.state.ak.us /ltgov/elections/president/wi04pres.htm

Write-in candidates register Write-in John Drake is a third candidate for the board. Six certified write-in candidates are registered for Tuesday's election, two each for Atlanta Library trustees and Sheridan Township Road Commissioner. Running unopposed for four-year terms as Elkhart Public Library District trustee are Arthur Freeman, Angela Olson and Kelly Elias and certified write-in candidate Angela McIntyre. www.lincolncourier.com /news/05/04/04/b.asp

Georgia Write-In Law The name of a write-in candidate in a runoff shall be printed on the ballot. Giving of notice of intent of candidacy by write-in candidate or by person acting on candidate's behalf; filing of affidavit by person giving notice of intention of candidacy; limitations on candidacy; certification of candidates by Secretary of State. Write-in votes; right to cast; ballot secrecy with respect to write-ins. www.greens.org /georgia/write-in_law.htm

Write-in vote 'system stinks,' candidate says - News - MSNBC.com Scarcella thinks the county election bureau should be more accommodating to write-in candidates. The write-in votes are recorded on a long paper roll and are counted after the polls close along with the other votes cast, then certified with all votes cast in the county a few days later. To actually cast a write-in vote, the voter has to push open the right door and either write in a name or, as in Scarcella's case, place a pre-printed sticker there. msnbc.msn.com /id/7937089

Foggy Recollection: I'm a Loner Dottie.... a Rebel! By the way, to all you people sending e-mails that are petitions to keep candidates like Nader (for example) off the ballot and saying not to vote for third parties because it's a waste of a vote or because you are afraid he will take votes away from your candidate... If the party that is backing the candidate has some political identity, why not let them be put on the ballot. I would be the only candidate to show up late to the debates and I would wear no ties - I can promise you that good citizens. foggyrecollection.blogspot.com /2004/10/im-loner-dottie-rebel.html

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan The number of deputies (end of March, 1908), 379; number of electors, 1,583,676; number who cast their votes, 1,353,301; unable to write the candidate's name 3338. The period of Hei-an witnessed important progress in the art of writing, the invention of phonetic writing called kana, and the alphabet as it is at present, in forty-eight syllables. Writing has joined to preaching by word of mouth. www.newadvent.org /cathen/08297a.htm

Write-in candidate will face Monroeville mayor in fall It is possible that Burn, who is also the only Democratic candidate for the District 3 Allegheny County Council seat, may move on to win both contests in the November general election. With unopposed candidates seeking the nomination from both parties, last night's mayoral race in Millvale saw both Democratic incumbent Jim Burn and Republican candidate Tom McPherson taking their primaries. However, Masters was ahead of Ramsey as a write-in on the Republican ballot. www.post-gazette.com /pg/05138/506343.stm

Write-in candidate wins easily in Andover Silberstein, a write-in candidate in yesterday's election, said she was surprised by the strong show of support but attributed it to her involvement in a variety of community groups and her experience in crafting budgets as a member of the Finance Committee. Her campaign workers blanketed the community, mailing to voters 3,000 to 4,000 postcards with stickers that they could place on ballots, making phone calls to voters, and handing out another 3,000 to 4,000 stickers at the polls yesterday. ANDOVER -- Debra R. Silberstein's name was not even on the ballot, yet she blew past the field and won a seat on the School Committee -- getting almost 1,000 more votes than her nearest competitor. www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20040324/FP_004.htm

Prentiss Riddle: Causes: How to write in Lorenzo Sadun for District 10 The official list of write-in candidates in the voting booth shows them as "DAVID KEITH COBB/PATRICIA LAMARCHE" even though the e-Slate machine (1) doesn't have a slash character and (2) doesn't have room for both of their names. Click on "write in candidate." You will be taken to a screen where the alphabet is laid out. Lorenzo Sadun, a UT prof and long-time progressive activist, is running an underdog campaign as a write-in candidate for district 10. www.aprendizdetodo.com /causes/?item=20041023

Driscoll to be write-in candidate - billingsgazette.com Other write-in candidates are Joseph Nevin, of Helena, who works as a law clerk for a Helena district judge, and Mary Charbonneau, of Billings. HELENA - John Driscoll, former state public service commissioner and ex-speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, said Monday he will be an independent write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 5 election. His Web site advises supporters to do three things: don't vote for any Senate candidate whose name is printed on the Nov. 5 ballot; distribute electronically or by print his essays and poems on his Web site; and vote for him after correctly writing his name on the ballot under U.S. Senate. www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2002/10/16/build/local/96-driscoll.inc

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Diary of a Congressional Candidate in Florida's Fourth Congressional District Candidates must indicate, using a 1-6 numerical scale—with 1 as "greatly increase," 3 as "maintain status," 5 as "greatly decrease," and 6 as "eliminate"—what level of federal funding they support in two dozen general categories, such as military hardware, space-exploration programs, and national parks. She says that because my papers to qualify as a federal candidate are in order, under Section 101.5612 Florida Statutes, she is notifying me that voting equipment to be used in each county must be pretested prior to an election. I write back, thanking him for his note, urging that he vote for Rep. Crenshaw, and agreeing that I would indeed make a terrible dogcatcher. www.mcsweeneys.net /links/candidate

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Write-in candidate turns in strong showing for San Diego mayor City Councilwoman Donna Frye, who criticized Mayor Dick Murphy's financial leadership and a so-called culture of secrecy at City Hall, presumably would be the candidate named on the write-in ballots, which accounted for 35 percent, or 121,278, of the votes cast Tuesday. County Registrar of Voters Sally McPherson said workers still needed to manually determine which candidate is named on the write-in ballots. But election officials cautioned that the final tally would not be known for several days as workers counted the thousands of write-in ballots and added in absentee and provisional ballots. www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/cities/20041103-1028-ca-eln-sandiegomayor.html

Teen candidate becomes celebrity Feehan-Nelson decided to run as a write-in candidate after learning that only one other candidate, City Council Member Don Jones, had filed for the office. She hopes to attend Carleton College in Northfield and plans to write her college application essay on her experiences as a mayoral candidate. Kevin Corbid, director of elections for Washington County, said officials will count the write-in votes Nov. 2 and forward the results to the St. Mary's Point City Council, which serves as the city's canvassing board. www.kstp.com /article/stories/S3029.html?cat=1

Write-In Candidate for 2003 SCUSC Board Write-In Candidates will be given the one Write-In Vote and will be added to the election ballot. CLUB OFFICERS SHALL BE ELECTED ANNUALLY DURING OCTOBER AND START THEIR TERM ON JANUARY 1 ST. www.spacecoastsoccer.org /nominations.htm

Write-in candidate accuses opponents of ballot tampering "Usually, write-in candidates are very thorough and provide detailed information to their supporters as to how to cast a write-in vote," Burnham said. A Glenwood write-in candidate is alleging his opponents tampered with some ballot books during Tuesday's election. Clark said specific instructions on how to cast write-in votes were given to all voters within the village and he believes that the tampered ballot books should have been removed to avoid the confusion it caused voters. www.starnewspapers.com /star/spnews/news/10-sp3.htm

website_ballot_04.doc Candidate statements received after the ballot deadline of August 27 but before the extended deadline of August 31 are posted on www.NWUBoston.org—the Boston Chapter’s website. However, to vote for a candidate for Financial Secretary and as a member of the Steering Committee, a vote must be placed for each position separately. www.nwuboston.org /website_ballot_04.doc

Rarified Air: The Write-in Candidate In this election season, keep Rarified Air in mind as a potential write-in candidate. Seriously though, as Artblog.net mentions, as art writing becomes democratized, it is important to stand up and be counted, not co-opted, by the mainstream, paper-based arts journalism establishments. If anyone is interested, I've asked for a copy of the report from Todd Gibson from From the Floor, who developed the survey. robotsinlove.blogspot.com /2004/09/write-in-candidate.html

Write-in candidate takes slight lead The San Diego Union-Tribune The last time a write-in candidate won a major contest in San Diego County was 1982, when Carlsbad Republican Ron Packard became only the fourth person in U.S. history to win a seat in Congress as a write-in. The mayoral contest was one of the most interesting – and strangest – in years, pitting a seemingly reluctant incumbent against a bitter old foe and, in the closing weeks, a surprise write-in candidate. Frye, a maverick City Council member, opened up a narrow lead over Murphy and Roberts, but it could take days or weeks to determine exactly how many of the write-in votes were cast for her. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041103/news_1n3mayor.html

Scandal may draw Luken into race While technically not a party decision - write-in candidates are independents by their nature - the party would likely help to sort out who should challenge Allen. One effect: Because write-in votes must be counted by hand before they're read by ballot-reading machines, a write-in campaign could delay the counting of ballots in the presidential election until the late morning or afternoon of Nov. 3. But the space for a write-in vote is on the stub itself, and vote-counters have to check by hand to make sure the voter didn't vote twice - once by punching a hole and again by writing in a name - before machine-counting the ballot. www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/09/04/loc_loc1aluken.html

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