[ ] Matt Dolan
[ ] Mike Gibbons
[ ] Josh Mandel
[ ] Neil Patel
[ ] Mark Pukita
[ ] Jane Timken
[ ] J.D. Vance
- Write-in:
J.P. J.D. Mandel
Dumb question, what is the legal mechanism if a non-existent person won a write-in election?
Nothing.
You can, in theory, write in whoever you want. However, valid write-in candidates still have to qualify for the ballot in Ohio and most other states. A fictional person cannot do that.
Ohio doesn't even print the write-in line on the ballot when there's no registered write-in candidate, so it's not possible to write anyone in for this race.