What happens to the delegate votes if bernie would win the write in? Do they just default to Hillary anyway?
The delegates are supposed to show up and vote one single time for the individual that was the winner of the state.
I would say this....if this were New Jersey with a lot more votes at stake....it would matter. With only three votes....it’s a minor deal. It would be odd if the two get to some point where it’s almost even, and the three votes would have mattered to Hillary. In that scenario, it’d go to the house for a vote and you’d have to wonder what the fifty state line-up would look like?
S: 2731. Certificates of election
When the canvassing board provided for in section 2592 of this title meets, it shall issue its certificates of election, with respect to the presidential election, to the electors nominated by the party whose candidate for president has received the greatest number of votes.S: 2732. Meeting of electors
The electors shall meet at the state house on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election, to vote for president and vice president of the United States, agreeably to the laws of the United States. ... When all the electors appear or a vacancy therein is filled, the electors shall perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and laws of the United States. ... The electors must vote for the candidates for president and vice president who received the greatest number of votes at the general election. [omissions at elipses relate to vacancies in state electors on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December]
I have no idea how this would play out if write-in Bernie got more votes than any other candidate, but the system is not designed to accomodate "no party" candidates in a general election.