Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Arkansas will not allow a write in ballot unless the write in cannidate notifies every counties board of elections.static.ark.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Arkansas will not allow a write in ballot unless the write in cannidate notifies every counties board of elections.static.ark.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarepaysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoMaybe this is normal, but I just learned last week that in Washington, if a candidate has lost the open primary they cannot be a write in candidate.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoReally discourages sore loser spoilers. But if they would just switch to ranked choice that wouldn’t matter and you’d only need one election.
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoLisa Murkowski (R-AK) won the general in a write-in campaign after an unexpected primary loss. But I guess I’m not sure if they have an open primary in Alaska, nor if that would really be the critical qualifier.
Maybe this is normal, but I just learned last week that in Washington, if a candidate has lost the open primary they cannot be a write in candidate.
Really discourages sore loser spoilers. But if they would just switch to ranked choice that wouldn’t matter and you’d only need one election.
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) won the general in a write-in campaign after an unexpected primary loss. But I guess I’m not sure if they have an open primary in Alaska, nor if that would really be the critical qualifier.