Which 6 states don't count write-ins???

[A Ron Paul Rebel]

Does anyone know the 6 states that don't count write-in votes?

 

[hopeforamerica]

AZ is one of them.

 

[acptulsa]

OK is another.

 

[RedLightning]

None if a person is not a declared write in candidate.

 

[Carole]

I voted yesterday and was told (since we have these wonderful Florida reject voting machines) that I could not write in a candidate. So West Virginia is apparently 100% machines with so called "paper trails". There is NO receipt for the voter and no accurate way to recount-only the paper trails which the machine can manipulate I suppose when it starts swapping votes.

 

[pappy]

louisiana does not allow

 

[lasenorita]

Devout supporters of Sen. Clinton are compiling information on that very topic. Each state varies, and terms & conditions apply. For example, my state allows write-ins ...but not for candidates who lost the primary.

Write-In Facts By State
http://www.writehillaryin.com/Write_In_Facts_by_State.php

 

[Richie]

Maryland only allows if the candidate files as a write-in.

 

[Bradley in DC]

Devout supporters of Sen. Clinton are compiling information on that very topic. Each state varies, and terms & conditions apply. For example, my state allows write-ins ...but not for candidates who lost the primary.

Write-In Facts By State
http://www.writehillaryin.com/Write_In_Facts_by_State.php

Thanks. However, one isn't voting for "president" but for a slate of presidential electors to the Electoral College so the "sore loser" laws don't apply.

 

[Kotin]

Im sure TX is one of them... we are a hard state to get ballot access in.

 

[berrybunches]

OH- If a candidate runs in a primary and loses there name is not allowed on the ballot (sore loser) but can be written in if the candidate files a declaration of intent

 

[Bradley in DC]

OH- If a candidate runs in a primary and loses there name is not allowed on the ballot (sore loser) but can be written in if the candidate files a declaration of intent

Since we are electing presidential electors to the electoral college and since they were not losers in the primary, the sore loser laws do not apply to them.

RIchard Winger is the authority on these questions:
http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/0...t-generally-apply-to-presidential-candidates/

 

[libertythor]

South Carolina doesn't allow write-ins on the Presidential level. It is allowed for all other offices.

 

[PathIveMade]

There's no space for a write in on a touch screen machine, nor is there a place to write in a candidate on a opti-scan (absentee) ballot here in NE Ohio.

 

[nate895]

None if a person is not a declared write in candidate.

PA counts them no matter what they say. They can say "F### you" and it counts.

 

[mdh]

I voted yesterday and was told (since we have these wonderful Florida reject voting machines) that I could not write in a candidate. So West Virginia is apparently 100% machines with so called "paper trails". There is NO receipt for the voter and no accurate way to recount-only the paper trails which the machine can manipulate I suppose when it starts swapping votes.

Uhhh, that's weird. My voting machine had a write-in entry at the bottom of the candidate lists.

I'm fairly certain that in WV, for the general election, a candidate must register with Betty Ireland's office as a write-in candidate for votes for that candidate to be counted (and must present petitions in order to appear on the ballot unless nominated by a major party).

 

[skyorbit]

South Dakota doesn't have writins at all.

TRacy

 

[fletcher]

Since we are electing presidential electors to the electoral college and since they were not losers in the primary, the sore loser laws do not apply to them.

RIchard Winger is the authority on these questions:
http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/0...t-generally-apply-to-presidential-candidates/

But we're not talking about running third party so the sore loser laws aren't the issue. It is whether write in votes will be counted. Many states will not count votes for people that have not filled out the appropriate paperwork.

 

[rancher89]

NC allows write ins only if they file for it

 

[Bradley in DC]

Let's do this right

It would be great if we could do this right:

What is the actual statute in each state?
(for write-in, independent and third party)

What are the requirements and deadlines?
(including filing the slate of presidential electors to the Electoral College)

What I suspect we'll find is that there will be very different requirements and deadlines in different states, and we would offer a patchwork using whatever's best in each place.

Just a theoretical question, academic exercise, of course.