• RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It is a primary. A party can nominate whoever they want. It has no bearing on whether who they nominated actually is eligible to be sworn in.

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      11 months ago

      I think they mean the secretary of state may release a total of write-ins, but to my knowledge they make no effort to distinguish write-in names if there aren’t enough to swing it.

      So technically, they count write-ins. Just not in the winner’s column.