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[tpfkaw]

There have been concerns raised about Alcon's vote. While it has been noted in this thread that generally, a vote for the presidential candidate is considered a vote for that ticket, he has put "Write-In" before Fritz.

This is a complex issue that will require me to look though the laws. For now it will stand.

If anyone has legal advice one way or another feel free to post it here.

I would say that writing in a candidate who is already running on a party ticket means that one wishes to vote for the candidate, but refuses to vote for the party.  The more concerning issue, IMO, is if no choice for Vice President is indicated.

[tpfkaw]

But if someone only votes for one candidate, and doesn't indicate if they are voting for that candidate for President or for Vice President, it's an ambiguous vote, since we don't know which of those two offices the vote is for.

[tpfkaw]

Precedent only comes from court rulings, and court rulings that pertain to existing law.