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32-456: The Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) is a write-in ballot for use by overseas American citizens. Under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act , the ballot was created for citizens who "have made a timely application for but have not received their regular ballot from the state or territory, subject to certain conditions." Parts of

64-404: A spoiler effect . Many U.S. states and municipalities allow for write-in votes in a partisan primary election where no candidate is listed on the ballot to have the same functional effect as nominating petitions: for example, if there are no Reform Party members on the ballot for state general assembly and a candidate receives more than 200 write-in votes when the primary election is held (or

96-598: A candidate for President of the United States appeared in both the Democratic and Republican parties in 1948 and again during 1951. Eisenhower did his best to ignore them, but Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. entered Eisenhower in the 1952 New Hampshire Republican primary without the general's authorization. Eisenhower won all the Republican delegates and defeated Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio , who had campaigned intensively in

128-424: A candidate listed on the ballot who was removed, withdrew or died; Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma and South Dakota do not allow any write-in votes. Most of the jurisdictions allowing write-in votes require that the write-in candidates register by a certain date for their votes to be counted. Typically this registration consists only of a declaration of candidacy, but some states also require signatures of

160-476: A candidate. And I'm not going to be. I have no intention of running for the Presidency", and "'Draft' nothing. I told you I'm not going to run." However, the effort eventually convinced Goldwater and won him the Republican nomination in 1964 in the face of the self-financed campaign of Nelson Rockefeller , the ridicule of the national press, and the refusal by Goldwater to run. The candidacy of General Wesley Clark

192-646: A certain number of voters, additional paperwork or fees. The deadline to register as a write-in candidate is usually later than to petition to be listed on the ballot. In 2010, California voters passed Proposition 14 which set up a new election system for the United States Senate , United States House of Representatives , all statewide offices ( governor , lieutenant governor , secretary of state , state treasurer , state controller , attorney general , insurance commissioner , and superintendent of public instruction ), California Board of Equalization , and for

224-472: A primary election but still wishes to contest the general election. In some cases, write-in campaigns have been organized to support a candidate who is not personally involved in running; this may be a form of draft campaign. Write-in candidates have won elections on rare occasions. Also, write-in votes are sometimes cast for ineligible people or fictional characters . Some jurisdictions require write-in candidates be registered as official candidates before

256-490: Is an empty field close by annotated to explain its purpose on the ballot if it applies. In five U.S. states there are no elections to which it can apply, under their present laws. Election laws are enacted by each state and in the District of Columbia, to apply to their voters. Some U.S. states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker, with the write-in candidate's name, to the ballot in lieu of actually writing in

288-418: Is listed on the ballot. Since in each race the top two vote-getters from the first round are guaranteed to advance to the second round, if only one candidate is listed on the ballot, a write-in candidate can easily advance to the second round, as the write-in candidate would only have to compete with other write-in candidates for the second spot, not with any listed candidates. In some jungle primary systems, if

320-521: Is used in elections in which names of candidates or parties are preprinted on a paper ballot or displayed on an electronic voting machine. The term is not generally used in elections in which all ballots are blank and thus all voters must write in the names of their preferred candidates. Blank ballot election systems reduce the cost of printing the ballots, but increase the complexity of casting and counting votes. Such systems are used in Japan , and were used in

352-430: The 2012 US Presidential election were held then, incumbent Barack Obama would lose to challenger Mitt Romney . Later on, from the middle of 2014 to 2015, polls that included Romney showed an overwhelming double-digit lead over even Jeb Bush ,⁣ who was considered to be a front-runner of the party. This data combined helped to spark a movement to draft Mitt Romney into the race, the most notable example being found in

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384-568: The California State Legislature . In the system set up by Proposition 14, there are two rounds of voting, and the top two vote-getters for each race in the first round (the primary, held in June 2004 – 2018 and March 2020–present) advance to a second round (the general election, held in November). Proposition 14 specifically prohibits write-in candidates in the second round, and this prohibition

416-735: The Wayback Machine on 2008-01-26) External links [ edit ] Official Federal Voting Assistance Program website Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot info page for citizens on the FVAP's website Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot info page for uniformed service members on the FVAP's website A PDF download of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot from the FVAP website Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federal_Write-In_Absentee_Ballot&oldid=911295319 " Category : Elections in

448-463: The 2008 election. Gore eventually endorsed Senator Barack Obama after he became the presumptive nominee. Prior to the 2008 election, a group of people tried to draft Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the presidency. The group went so far as to buy television and radio time in Iowa , New Hampshire , North Dakota , and Florida , and even roadside billboards. Though Rice had publicly declined to run,

480-488: The 2016 US Presidential race. The two groups created and ran the website Run Warren Run . Some Republicans saw her as potentially weakening Hillary Clinton 's campaign, whilst Democrats hoped that the threat of Warren would push Clinton towards more populist stances on issues. Libertarians share Warren's disdain for the bank bailout, but for different reasons. In Iowa, where she was then largely unknown, an October 2014 poll showed that 44% of likely Democratic caucus goers had

512-614: The Draft Mitt Campaign. Romney would initially deny the possibility of a third run, eventually did end up flirting with the idea, but in late January 2015 confirmed he would definitely not be making another campaign for the Presidency, stating "I've decided it is best to give other leaders in the Party the opportunity to become our next nominee”. In 2015, The New York Times reported that MoveOn.org and Democracy for America said they would support efforts to draft Elizabeth Warren into

544-531: The United States Hidden category: Webarchive template wayback links Write-in ballot A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes, which count equally as if

576-508: The act are administered by the Federal Voting Assistance Program . See also [ edit ] Absentee ballot References [ edit ] ^ The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act , Voting Section Home Page. U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, archived from the original on 2008-01-26 , retrieved 2007-12-03 (archived from the original Archived 2009-08-25 at

608-404: The candidate's name. Write-in candidacies are sometimes a result of a candidate being legally or procedurally ineligible to run under their own name or party; write-in candidacies may be permitted where term limits bar an incumbent candidate from being officially nominated for, or being listed on the ballot for, re-election. They are also typically used when a candidate, often an incumbent has lost

640-459: The draft or not in the near future. Soon after that statement, Clark announced his candidacy in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas , citing that he was pulled in by the people to run for the presidency. There was a draft campaign for former Vice President Al Gore prior to the 2008 election. Gore, who had won the Nobel Prize while out of office, repeatedly ruled out running for president in

672-405: The election. This is standard in elections with a large pool of potential candidates, as there may be multiple candidates with the same name that could be written in. In some cases, the number of write-in votes cast in an election is greater than the entire margin of victory, suggesting that the write-ins may have been sufficient to tip the balance and change the outcome of the election by creating

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704-411: The general election ballot as an independent candidate or to have write-in votes counted vary by state and by political office sought. As of 2024, 40 states and the District of Columbia allow write-in votes on their ballots, including for president; Alaska, New Mexico and South Carolina allow write-in candidates for some offices but not for president; Mississippi allows write-in votes only to substitute

736-466: The groundswell of support for this cause continued to gain notoriety in national and international media. The most prominent " Draft Rice " group was called Americans for Rice . In the fall of 2008, The Washington Times and the Boston Herald reported on a campaign to draft Joe Wurzelbacher to run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio's 9th congressional district . The draft campaign began with

768-481: The one listed candidate can earn a spot for the second round with as little as one vote. The first election in which Proposition 14 went into effect was the 2012 elections . With a few exceptions, the practice of recognizing write-in candidates is typically viewed internationally as a tradition in the United States . Draft (politics) Movements to draft five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower to run as

800-468: The other number of signatures that were required for ballot access), the candidate will be placed on the ballot on that ballot line for the general election. In most places, this provision is in place for non-partisan elections as well. A write-in option may occasionally be available in a multiple-choice referendum ; for example in the January 1982 Guamanian status referendum . The term "write-in candidate"

832-630: The past in the French Second Republic and in elections in the Philippines from World War II until the 2010 general election . Some systems use a semi-blank ballot, such as Finland, where the voter must fill in a candidate's given number or letter from a separate ballot, but where there is a clear-cut arrangement with a circle or box with a description of how to vote for a given candidate. Blank-ballot systems typically require candidates to be nominated in advance. The requirements to appear on

864-432: The person were formally listed on the ballot. Writing in a name that is not already on the election ballot is considered a practice of the United States. However, some other jurisdictions have allowed this practice. In the United States, there are variations in laws governing write-in candidates, depending on the office (federal or local) and whether the election is a primary election or the general election; general practice

896-572: The state, by a vote of 50% to 38%. Eisenhower told a reporter, "Any American who would have that many other Americans pay him that compliment would be proud or he would not be an American", and announced his candidacy the next day. He defeated Adlai Stevenson — himself drafted as the Democratic nominee — in November 1952. In the early 1960s, two volunteers started a movement to draft Barry Goldwater , an unlikely and unwilling candidate back then. Goldwater initially gave such remarks as "I'm not

928-688: The website joewurzelbacher2010.com , created by Trevor Lair, presently the chairman of the Massachusetts College Republicans. From the beginning of the draft campaign Wurzelbacher stated he was interested in running in the 2010 election for Ohio's 9th congressional district; when asked by Laura Ingraham in October 2008 if he would run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Wurzelbacher responded he had considered doing so and would be "up for it." From 2013 to 2014, polls were conducted by media sources such as The Washington Post which suggested that if

960-418: The winner in the first round wins by more than 50% of the vote, then the second (runoff) round gets cancelled, but in the system set up by Proposition 14, a second (runoff) round is required regardless of the percent of the vote that the winner of the first round received. Proposition 14 therefore guarantees that if only one candidate is listed on the ballot in the first round, a write-in candidate running against

992-424: Was the result of a draft. Clark, who had recently retired from the military and taken a job as a CNN military analyst, had no intention of running until multiple "Draft Clark" sites appeared on the web urging Clark to run. Over an approximate two-month period the draft became a nationwide effort due to TV coverage and the use of the internet. In September 2003, Clark said he would make up his mind on whether to accept

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1024-465: Was upheld in a court challenge. Another court challenge to the prohibition on write-in candidates in the second round was filed in July 2014. Although Proposition 14 prohibits write-in candidates in the second round of voting, it has created conditions that can make it easier for write-in candidates in the first round to advance to the second round. This generally happens in elections where only one candidate

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