The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread Question Thread!

[LucyDuke]

What does 'writing in' a candidate mean? I've seen it referred to on CFC, but I've never been quite sure what it means.

It means that rather than checking off a candidate already printed on the ballot, you "write in" another one in the space provided.


If the ballot shows

__:Red
__:Yellow
__:Blue
__:_______________

I could write in "green" on the blank.

 

[Catharsis]

Ah, I see. But what's the point of doing that? Is there any chance that your suggestion would be noted, or is it just a way of saying 'I don't like any of these candidates'? (Is there a rule against leaving a ballot blank?)

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

It's not so much so your guy wins, it is a protest against the official candidates.

 

[The Yankee]

New Hampshire law dictates that they must hold their preselection a week before any other state, yet Iowa law dictates that they must hold their preselection 8 days before New Hampshire. How does that work?

It doesn't work. They just throw a hissy fit and move their primary up as a response. They can't actually tell another state to back off. This is why I thought there was going to be a decent chance of having the first votes come in during December 2007.

And New Hampshire was five days after Iowa.

 

[The Yankee]

Ah, I see. But what's the point of doing that? Is there any chance that your suggestion would be noted, or is it just a way of saying 'I don't like any of these candidates'? (Is there a rule against leaving a ballot blank?)

You could spoil your ballot, but writing in Mickey Mouse is funner.

 

[LucyDuke]

Ah, I see. But what's the point of doing that? Is there any chance that your suggestion would be noted, or is it just a way of saying 'I don't like any of these candidates'? (Is there a rule against leaving a ballot blank?)

I'm sure they tally the write-ins. I don't see how legally they couldn't. It's practically certain that they won't threaten the printed candidates, but a write-in is just as valid as a printed candidate.

Usually it's a protest, like when people write-in their cats. Not always, though, as you might support a fringe candidate who didn't make it onto the ballot.

If you're going to leave the ballot blank, why bother going? I think you're allowed to, though. I've left specific items blank, although not a whole ballot.

 

[Irish Caesar]

You could spoil your ballot, but writing in Mickey Mouse is funner.

Actually, I always found the idea of "spoiling" the ballot funnier.

I'm sure they tally the write-ins. I don't see how legally they couldn't. It's practically certain that they won't threaten the printed candidates, but a write-in is just as valid as a printed candidate.

Usually it's a protest, like when people write-in their cats. Not always, though, as you might support a fringe candidate who didn't make it onto the ballot.

If you're going to leave the ballot blank, why bother going? I think you're allowed to, though. I've left specific items blank, although not a whole ballot.

They do tally write-ins, the state probably includes the most popular write-ins on the tally of past votes somewhere. Massachusetts has their last election results online; apparently the two most popular write-ins on the 2004 Democratic Primary ballot were (if I remember correctly) Al Gore and George W. Bush.

As far as supporting fringe candidates, Alan Keyes was on the Republican ballot in Georgia but not in Massachusetts.

 

[scherbchen]

edit: should be in "from other countries".

sry, delete

 

[sourboy]

What does 'writing in' a candidate mean? I've seen it referred to on CFC, but I've never been quite sure what it means.

Write-in's do win minor positions, like judges or mayors, but mostly it's a protest. Some people say they are running as a write-in, just to make a statement or draw awareness to elections too. I hear Mickey Mouse does quite well every election (seriously, it's the #1 write-in).

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

What is "spoiling your ballot?"

What are "write-ins?"

Who is Mickey Mouse, and why does he get the most write-ins?

 

[hossam]

why do i keep getting nosebleeds on a daily basis?

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

Maybe you don't drink enough water, or you live at a high altitude?

 

[hossam]

Maybe you don't drink enough water, or you live at a high altitude?

well i dont think its the water because i drink plenty and im not at a high altitude.

 

[GinandTonic]

Write-in's do win minor positions, like judges or mayors, but mostly it's a protest. Some people say they are running as a write-in, just to make a statement or draw awareness to elections too. I hear Mickey Mouse does quite well every election (seriously, it's the #1 write-in).

True story.

The Benefits decided to have a clamp down on fraud with daft names. You would kind of hope they do it as they go along, but clearly not. Variations on Micky Mouse were in the upper teens, two C. Dracula's and a Francis Norbert Stine.

 

[GinandTonic]

well i dont think its the water because i drink plenty and im not at a high altitude.

Without wanting to be indelicate, you dont - ahh... Pick?

 

[hossam]

Without wanting to be indelicate, you dont - ahh... Pick?

,rarely, but thats not when they bleed, i mean they dont blled when i do, in fact i usually pick to get out any dried out blood and stuff after a nose bleed.

 

[LucyDuke]

What are "write-ins?"

That was answered a few posts back.

why do i keep getting nosebleeds on a daily basis?

Lay off the cocaine.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

That was answered a few posts back..

Not exactly. They said what they got, but not exactly what they were.

 

[LucyDuke]

Not exactly. They said what they got, but not exactly what they were.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6456159&postcount=101

The "write-in" is the candidate that is written in, or perhaps the act of writing in a candidate.

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

But then something was said about how candidates could have minor positions or something, and that's what threw me off.