{"id":2378,"date":"2014-03-10T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/accurate-write-ins\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:12:03","slug":"validated-write-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/validated-write-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"Accurate Write-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We now offer &#8220;validated write-ins&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/write-in-candidates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A <b><strong>write-in candidate<\/strong><\/b><\/a> is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person&#8217;s name. Simply Voting always supported write-ins as a feature but election organizers would have to deal with voters specifying fictional characters or many permutations of the same name like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Doe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John C. Doe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. Doe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doe, John<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many cases the voter is only supposed to write-in a fellow member of his organization. For that scenario we now offer &#8220;validated write-ins&#8221;.&nbsp; When voters begin typing inside a validated write-in, an auto-complete feature lists all matching electors by name and forces the voter to select or type a valid name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/validated-write-in-288x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2616\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This makes writing-in much easier for the voter and also gives the election administrator much cleaner results to work with. Each write-in candidate will be valid and properly formatted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new validated write-in feature streamlines the voting process by ensuring accuracy and consistency in write-in submissions. By preventing errors and fictional entries, election organizers can save time during tabulation and focus on legitimate votes. Additionally, the auto-complete functionality enhances usability for voters, making it quicker and easier to cast a write-in vote while adhering to election guidelines. This improvement reinforces the integrity of the voting process while maintaining a seamless experience for all participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> for more information!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We now offer &#8220;validated write-ins&#8221;. A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person&#8217;s name. Simply Voting always supported write-ins as a feature but election organizers would have to deal with voters specifying fictional characters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voting-system"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4765,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions\/4765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyvoting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}