In Illinois, The guy you write in has to be approved by the state, or the ballot is considered spoiled!
Wow, that sort of defeats the purpose of a write in candidate. Judge Harry would never be able to write in Mel Torme in Illinois.
When I moved from the city to the country, the ladies at the polling place almost had a heart attack when I said I needed to write someone in. *LOL* I think I was the first person she’d ever come across who wrote in someone.