NKP_Vet wrote:
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McDaniel trounced the old liberal Cochoran among republican voters. McDaniels should first protest the result, calling for a full investigation, then run as a write-in candidate. To hell with RINOs.
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If a full investigation leads to no change in the election result, then I 100% agree that McDaniel should run in November as a write-in candidate.
For what it’s worth, maybe not much.......
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of a candidate who has died, resigned, withdrawn or been removed from the race.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.
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Mississippi Code: 23-15-365
http://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2013/title-23/chapter-15/article-13/b/section-23-15-365