Mental Floss

Does Your Vote Count if You Write in a Joke Candidate?

Reader Aaron from East Cobb, Georgia wrote in to ask, “When I vote, if a candidate is running unopposed, I will often cast a write-in vote for a fictional character (e.g. Kermit the Frog). Does ...
The Texas Tribune

Despair, meteors and f-bombs: Texans' write-in voters had a lot to say

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Texans who weren't interested in any of the presidential candidates on ...
Portland Press Herald

Do you have to mark the adjacent oval for a Maine write-in vote to count? | Fact brief

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Under Maine law, a voter must both write the candidate’s name and fill in ...
Los Angeles Times

Will your write-in vote in California’s recall election count? Maybe not

Mail-in ballots for California’s gubernatorial recall election are going out now, and notably absent from the roster of candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom are any prominent Democrats. That’s ...
The Spokesman-Review

Write-in votes are written off during ballot counting

Some people displeased with the candidates for president this year have announced their plans to cast a write-in vote, whether it’s for Bernie Sanders or Mike Pence. But will that vote count? No, ...
NBC News

Write-ins hold up for Murkowski in early count

Alaska election officials began counting more than 92,500 write-in ballots Wednesday in a Senate race that may hinge on voters' penmanship and their ability — or lack of — to spell "Murkowski" on ...
The Scottish Sun

Footie ace Kris Boyd backs the Scottish Government’s Read, Write, Count campaign and says sport can help

SULKING, huffs and grumpiness — all parents have to put up with them from time to time. But there are some simple ways to keep kids amused and cut the stress. And the bonus is they learn something at ...