[redhead]

Correct. Not eligible to be on the ballot means just that. Write-in ballots with his name would be discarded in that case."

Would this also apply to citizens who had not filed for the office being voted upon and were not actively seeking the office (i.e. Sarah Palin)?

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

“Would this also apply to citizens who had not filed for the office being voted upon and were not actively seeking the office (i.e. Sarah Palin)?”

To be honest, I’m not sure. Lisa Murkowski led a successful write-in campaign for her Alaska Senate seat, but she was not in the position of having been declared ineligible to appear on the ballot there. Hers was simply a case of not having won the party nomination; big difference, I would think.