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==== Write-in candidates ====
==== Write-in candidates ====
This advice is less relevant when write-ins are allowed, however, because even if a voter ranks a candidate last among the candidates named on their ballot, they are still implicitly ranking that candidate above all of the write-in candidates they didn't rank on their ballot.
This advice is less relevant when write-ins are allowed, however, because even if a voter ranks a candidate last among the candidates named on their ballot, they are still implicitly ranking that candidate above all of the write-in candidates they didn't rank on their ballot.

It is perhaps possible to make a special marking for a last-choice candidate that indicates they are not preferred over any of the on-ballot candidates, but that they are preferred over all write-in candidates.


== Comparison to the regular approach ==
== Comparison to the regular approach ==