§ 6822 Write-In Presidential Candidate Filing

• •If you want people to write your name for President, you must tell the state 21 days before the primary election.
• •If you don’t tell the state in time, any votes written for you won’t count.
• •This rule is for people who aren’t already on the ballot but want to be a write-in candidate.

Imagine your friend Bob wants to be President, but his name isn’t on the ballot. People can still write 'Bob' on their ballots, but only if Bob tells the state 21 days before the primary election.

If Bob doesn’t tell the state in time, even if 1,000 people write his name, none of those votes will count.