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What happens if you misspell a write-in vote? Slate Magazine
Just how egregiously can you distort a write-in candidate's name before election officials discount your vote?
It's up to whoever counts the votes. Most states—including Alaska—don't have hard-and-fast criteria for determining whether a certain spelling is acceptable. Instead, they use a subjective model wherein election officials must attempt to decipher whom, exactly, each voter intended to elect. For example, California law states that the spelling must bear "a reasonable resemblance to the qualified candidate's name" (PDF) and that "no other write-in candidate … has a name so similar to the name as written in as to leave reasonable doubt as to the voter's intention." (In Alaska, the elections director has said that Lisa M. would pass muster as a stand-in for Lisa Murkowski, but that Lisa on its own might cause problems.) There's rarely controversy over these decisions, as write-in candidates aren't usually strong contenders to begin with. -
Bill Text - 111th Congress (2009-2010)
H.R.1826 -- Fair Elections Now Act, Committee on House Administration vote scheduled for 9/23/2010
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-The Committee on House Administration announced today that on Thursday, September 23rd it will take up and vote on the Fair Elections Now Act
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Pence edges out Huckabee, Romney in conservatives' straw poll for president - latimes.com
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is the top choice in a field of more well-known GOP figures, including Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, with 24% of the vote at this weekend's Values Voter Summit.
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