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's name. Some states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker with a write-in candidate's name on it to the ballot in lieu of actually writing in the candidate's name. Typically, write-in candidates have a very small chance of winning, but there have been some notable write-in candidates in the past.
 Presidential primaries In 1928, Herbert Hoover won the Republican Massachusetts presidential primary on write-ins, polling 100,279.
In 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt won the Democratic New Jersey presidential primary with 34,278 write-ins. In 1944,
Thomas Dewey won the Republican Pennsylvania presidential primary with 146,706 write-ins. He also won the Oregon Republican presidential primary with 50,001 write-ins.
In 1948, Harold Stassen won the Republican Pennsylvania presidential primary with 81,242 write-ins.
In 1952, Robert Taft won the Republican Nebraska presidential primary with 79,357 write-ins.
Also in 1952, Estes Kefauver won the Democratic Pennsylvania presidential primary with 93,160 write-ins.
 Also in 1952, Dwight Eisenhower won the Republican Massachusetts presidential primary with 254,898 write-ins.
In 1956, Dwight Eisenhower won the Republican Massachusetts presidential primary with 51,951 write-ins.
In 1960, Richard Nixon won the Republican Massachusetts presidential primary with 53,164 write-ins.
Also in 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic Pennsylvania presidential primary with 183,073 write-ins, and he won the Democratic Massachusetts presidential primary with 91,607 write-ins.

America's heavy rock fans have voted HENRY ROLLINS as the preferred replacement for President GEORGE W BUSH, in a new magazine poll.

The former BLACK FLAG star beat OZZY OSBOURNE and KORN singer JONATHAN DAVIS in the REVOLVER poll to find the best candidate to run America.

The flattered rocker insists the first thing he would do if he became president would be to pull American troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Rollins says, "I visited some US military bases in Afghanistan, which was eye-opening... I asked one high-ranking officer, 'Why are we here, really?' and he goes, 'No matter what you see and hear on the news this is about oil.'

"Our quest to beat down the Taliban and to liberate Iraq is costing American lives, and we are getting chewed up by landmines and suicide bombings.

"There's going to be a lot of dead American steaming meat coming home for a long time, and it's going to drain this country of a lot of money."

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