• paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • mrcleanup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      And if you want to be a write in candidate, you have to register as one. Everyone could decide to write you in at the last minute, but if you didn’t register, it won’t get counted.

    • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      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.