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To: cripplecreek

I was just reading up on write-ins yesterday. There are about 7 or 8 states that don’t allow them. And there are about 33 or so that require any write-in candidate to have a petition with X number of signatures on it prior to the election to have their name counted.

I imagine that makes roughly 10 states that allow open write-ins. (I’m going by memory.)

I was surprised. I thought all states had to have open write-ins.


12 posted on 01/23/2008 8:57:22 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: xzins

Our Michigan primary ballot contained a write in slot. Course our ballot also named Brownback and Tancredo as candidates.


14 posted on 01/23/2008 8:59:27 AM PST by cripplecreek (Duncan Hunter, Conservative excellence in action.)
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To: xzins

“I thought all states had to have open write-ins.”

I am not sure about current law, but Kansas used to not allow write-ins.


279 posted on 01/23/2008 7:54:46 PM PST by mjaneangels@aolcom
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