One aspect of this year's election that hasn't gotten much coverage, except in a bemused, "What were they thinking?"-kind of way, is the write-in campaign. Historically, it has been a means for voicing displeasure with the "approved" candidates in a particular race, or as a protest against the system as a whole, but has anyone ever won as a result of one? I am no election historian (and I'm sure there are plenty of you out there who are who could answer this), but I can't recall one.
In the past, I dismissed write-ins as attempts by the humour-challenged to bring levity to the electoral process; however, this year the failings of the write-in process were stark and personal.
Follow me for a not-too-technical explanation of what happened.
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