Seven Presidential Candidates File to have Write-ins Counted in Florida

Florida is the only state in which the filing deadline to file as a write-in for president in the general election is earlier than the deadline for a new party to get on the ballot for President. The Florida write-in filing deadline was July 12. This year, six independent presidential candidates and one minor party candidate filed to have write-ins counted.

The minor party nominee is Zoltan Istvan of the Transhumanist Party. Istvan lives in Mill Valley, Califoria.

The six independents are: Laurence J. Kotlikoff of Brookline, Massachusetts, a prominent economist; Richard Duncan of Aurora, Ohio, who usually gets on the ballot in Ohio but no other state; Cherunda Fox of Detroit, Michigan; Samuel Tabor of Mobeetie, Texas; Tony Valdivia of San Antonio, Texas; and Andrew Basiago of Charlotte, North Carolina. Basiago claims to have traveled back in time; see this story.


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Seven Presidential Candidates File to have Write-ins Counted in Florida — 8 Comments

  1. I’m afraid that write-in presidential candidates never get a tally on election night. Generally the write-in results aren’t made known until a month after an election.

  2. If a vote for Zoltan Istvan is a vote for Trump, is a vote for Andrew D. Basiago a vote for Clinton?

  3. Hello, Florida requires (F.S. § 103.022) Write-in candidates for President and Vice President to register as a team, using one oath of office form, executed and witnessed before a single notary public. Below is a link to the oath of office form.

    http://dos.myflorida.com/media/693642/dsde85.pdf

    Do other states require write-in candidates for President and Vice President to register as a team, using one oath of office form, executed and witnessed before a single notary public? Below is a link to F.S. § 103.022 Write-in candidates for President and Vice President.

    http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=103.022&URL=0100-0199/0103/Sections/0103.022.html

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