[deport]

Won’t be counted according to this info:

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2011/01/16/5247199.htm

According to state law, write-in candidates are permitted only as the legitimate substitute
of a candidate who has died, resigned, withdrawn or been removed from the race.

That applies to every race, whether it’s a primary, special or general election at
any level of government, said Pamela Weaver, communications director of the secretary of
state’s office.

But every election ballot includes a space for write-in candidates, whether or not one
is needed for that race. It’s there just in case a write-in does become eligible.

And that’s perhaps where the confusion occurs, since some people see the space and assume
write-ins are allowed in all elections.
end snip

[Uncle Chip]

spoil sport —

[Din Maker]

So then we only have two options:

#1. We pray that Thaddeus kicks the bucket and Chris runs as a write-in. Or.....

#2. Chris and his supporters vote for the Dem in November and hope that their votes, plus the Democrats votes will defeat Thaddeus and send him packing.

Is that correct?

[Praxeologue]

MS Code § 23-15-365 (2013)

(1) There shall be left on each ballot one (1) blank space under the title of each office to be voted for, and in the event of the death, resignation, withdrawal or removal of any candidate whose name shall have been printed on the official ballot, the name of the candidate duly substituted in the place of such candidate may be written in such blank space by the voter.

The provision doesn't exclude writing-in any other eligible person's name. It merely provides an example of a permitted name, IMO.