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Write-In
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Write-in candidate.
How to write in the name
Write-in candidacies are sometimes a result of a candidate being legally or procedurally ineligible to run under their own name or party; write-in candidacies may be permitted where term limits bar an incumbent candidate from being officially nominated for, or being listed on the ballot for, re-election. They are also typically used when a candidate, often an incumbent, has lost a primary election but still wishes to contest the general election, as in most U.S. a candidate who has lost a primary cannot later appear on the general election ballot as an Independent candidate under sore loser laws.