Quimby, Iowa, is holding its city election on November 3, 2009. Voters will be choosing a Mayor and three city councilmembers. However, no names are printed on the ballots. The winners will be determined by write-in votes. Iowa is one of the few states that permits write-ins but does not have a write-in declaration of candidacy procedure, so there is no such thing as a declared write-in candidate. Thus anyone might win, even if the person who wins didn’t want the job. See this story. UPDATE: the same is true of Spencer Mountain, North Carolina, which is also electing a Mayor and three City Councilmembers this week, and which also has no candidates printed on the ballot. See this story. Thanks to Christopher Cole for the North Carolina link. North Carolina does have a write-in declaration of candidacy law, but it doesn’t apply to non-partisan elections or to municipal elections.