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- a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot
- a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
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- Over the weekend, Save DC Now robo-called non-affiliated voters in the District urging them to write-in Fenty. Campaign finance office to look into 'Write Fenty In' signs
- I have a sneaking suspicion that many would find that their districts "voided" all write-ins as welll as some doing the same to Ron Paul votes. Fraud US-Style: Fake Videos and Elections
- * In a Facebook post over the weekend entitled "Lisa, are you going to shut down my Facebook page for writing this", Palin castigated Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) for allegedly threatening a radio show host who urged his listeners to sign up as write-in candidates for tomorrow's election. Sarah Palin: Thin-skinned, smartly strategic (or both)?
- It's a sort of thing that makes you wonder if democracy is necessarily the best form of government, but my favorite was the guy who voted for the Al Franken circled and also had a write-in for what he called the lizard people. CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2008
- Her status as a write-in candidate meant that supporters had to write her name legibly on the ballot, as well as fill in the bubble next to it, for their vote to be counted as valid. Undefined
- The three-way Alaska Senate race remains very much a toss-up and by far the biggest wild card, given the hard to measure write-in candidacy of incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski, although either Murkowski or Republican nominee Joe Miller would caucus with the Republicans. Final Election 2010 Polls Diverge: Will It Be Tsunami Or Bad Storm?
- When Republican write-ins were included, Johnson's margin of victory was only 330 votes.
- Election workers plan to begin counting write-in ballots the following day, in Juneau, to avoid keeping citizens and candidates in the dark about whose names are on the ballots, Lt. Gov. Alaska Senate Election: Lisa Murkowski & Joe Miller Continue To Fight In Unresolved Race
- ALASKA WRITE-IN VOTE COUNT BEGINS NEXT WEDNESDAY - AP: The overseer of Alaska elections says officials will begin counting write-in ballots in the Senate race next Wednesday in Juneau. HUFFPOST HILL - NOVEMBER 3RD, 2010
- Such voters may apply in writing to this office to receive a write-in ballot listing major offices and measures.