#write-in votes

[highlyspecificsigns]

the signs as dubious write-in candidates for mayor of new york

note: please do not do this with your ballot and/or electoral process, especially if your race is more competitive than the new york mayoral election was. look upon 2016 and despair.

do, however, feel free to laugh and/or make memes about the people who do.

ARIES: Eugene V. Debs TAURUS: Bette Midler GEMINI: Robyn Rihanna Fenty CANCER: Taylor Swift LEO: Rick James VIRGO: Ken Bone LIBRA: Beyonce Knowles Carter SCORPIO: Jon Snow SAGITTARIUS: Heywood Giablome CAPRICORN: Michael Bloomberg AQUARIUS: Colin Kaepernick PISCES: Eileen Myles

[washingtonpost]

I just found out that my state, South Carolina, does not allow write-in votes. Whaaat?

Yep.

[burningonyx]

Would "Anybody but Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton" be a valid write-in vote?

[virginiatowncrier]

If you can't see yourself voting for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in November, you might choose to cast a write-in vote.

Just don't expect it to count.

Write-in votes for president aren't counted in Virginia unless the candidate has declared the candidacy and filed a slate of electors with state elections officials.

"There is a write-in space on the ballot, but unless the candidate has adhered to proper procedures" as set forth in Section 24.2-644 of the Code of Virginia, " those write-ins don't count," said Martin Mash, confidential policy adviser to the Virginia Department of Elections.

Under section 24.2-644 (C) of the Code of Virginia, a voter may not cast a write-in vote in a presidential primary, but may do so in the general election.

Click on the headline to read the full story. ~ Richmond Times-Dispatch