After losing in the Republican primary, Phil Lyman is running to become Utah's governor as a write-in candidate. Does he have a real shot at swinging the race? A history of write-in candidates and rules.
Examining whether write-in candidates have any chance of winning — or impacting — the races they enter.To the outside world, it seems a bit ridiculous. Write-in voting is simply unheard of across most of the rest of the world.
At this date, there are nine eligible write-in candidates in Utah: six for U.S. president, two for Utah governor, and one for the Utah Senate. They are: • Buddie Arden Wilkerson for president. He’s from Myton, Utah, population 560, in Duchesne County. Couldn’t find any other information about his candidacy online.
When people vote for these candidates, Utah is a “voter-intent” state, which means that those counting the ballots are instructed to use their best judgment in guessing who a voter was voting for when interpreting write-in penmanship. Idaho-born BYU attendee Ron Packard served for 18 years in the House of Representatives as a Republican from California. Packard finished second in the 1982 Republican primary, but decided to run as a write-in candidate anyway, sending a pencil with his name on it to every voter in his district. Despite splitting the vote with both the Republican primary winner and the Democratic candidate, Packard won in a 37/32/31 split.
What about impacting the race’s result? Could Lyman do that, swinging a plurality of gubernatorial votes to the Democrat, King?
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