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To get on the fall ballot as a write-in candidate a candidate has to get at least as many write-in votes as he or she would have to get signatures on a petition for the office in question. I’m betting … Continue reading
Category Archives: Write-in
The following was in a comment under McHenry County Blog’s write-in candidate story: I decided to run because I think the working class needs a Representative in Springfield. The rich have allot of reps there. I am a Teamster and … Continue reading
Spring Grove Democrat Jeff Thirtyacre has filed papers with the McHenry County Clerk’s Office to run as a write-in candidate for this party’s nomination for State Representative in the 64th District. To win the write-in contest, he must get as … Continue reading
I long for the days when anyone could write-in anyone for any office. Remember the easy article Mike Royko repeatedly wrote telling how many votes Mickey Mouse got? No more. Election officials wanted to simplify the process. First, one had … Continue reading
Not in Illinois. Of course. I fondly remember the annual columns by Daily News columnist Mike Royko after elections. He would get the names of fictional characters who had received votes for office. Mickey Mouse usually got more than any … Continue reading
Dan Ziller, Jr., a write-in campaign for Grafton Township Trustee against four candidates nominated in the first Republican Party primary election, ramped up his campaign Sunday. First there were yard signs. Then there was a telephone survey asking whether residents … Continue reading
It’s not easy to run as a write-in anymore. Remember when Mike Royko used to write columns after pretty much each election. He’d point out how many votes Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny got. This was none too … Continue reading
Richard Evans has not gotten more publicity for his write-in campaign since Algonquin Township Assessor Forrest Hare ran a successful write-in campaign for re-election after he was defeated in a 1973 GOP caucus in which a re-count was not allowed. … Continue reading
Richard Evans has not gotten more publicity for his write-in campaign since Algonquin Township Assessor Forrest Hare ran a successful write-in campaign for re-election after he was defeated in a 1973 GOP caucus in which a re-count was not allowed. … Continue reading
Just when you thought you couldn’t think of anything worse that Springfield politicians could do, you find something more outrageous than whatever turned you off last time. It used to be that if you wanted to run as a write-in … Continue reading
Just when you thought you couldn’t think of anything worse that Springfield politicians could do, you find something more outrageous than whatever turned you off last time. It used to be that if you wanted to run as a write-in … Continue reading
Thanks to Jeff Trigg’s blog for pointing me to the statewide write-in totals for governor. “19,020 write-in votes The State Board of Elections website is back up and has the election returns,” writes Trigg. “My Congratulations to Randy Stufflebeam and … Continue reading