Forgive my ignorance, but could someone fill me in on the topic of write-ins for Lincoln elections?
Specifically, what happens if a write-in candidate (or candidates) get more votes than those officially nominated? Does the write-in then win election...or what's the deal?
Not sure how this would apply to a race for just one open seat.
(scratches his head)
In a one seat race, a write-in candidate is just like any other candidate. They simply do not have the benefit of their name being listed on a thread. If they win, they get the seat.
The exception to this is for regularly held elections to the LGC (so February, April, June, August, October, December), in which we have constitutional language stipulating that a maximum of two write-in candidates may be elected. This provision has never had to be invoked, but if it ever had to, the election would be counted as normal until two write-in candidates are elected, and then at that point any remaining write-in candidates would be removed and their votes transferred to the next on-ballot preference, before allocating the remaining seats. If we had a situation where, say, a 2nd and 3rd write-in candidate reached quota together, whoever was more over quota would get in and the other would be eliminated.
