No write-ins allowed:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-write-ins-often-turn-into-wasted-votes-/2011/01/16/5247199.htm
Then MS is even more backward than we thought. In Texas, there is a blank line for write-ins. If write ins are not permitted, you can always leave the Senate choice blank and vote for genuine Republicans in the down- ticket races.
Still, McDaniel will likely get thousands of write ins.
Snippet from Time Mag:
“Tea Party activists in Mississippi and beyond urged state Sen. Chris McDaniel to mount a write-in campaign against Republican Sen. Thad Cochran on Wednesday, following McDaniel’s stunning defeat in a primary runoff vote Tuesday.
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“When the Republican Establishment acts like Democrats, what is the point of supporting them?” Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips wrote in an email to supporters Wednesday morning. “Every McDaniel supporter in Mississippi from DeSoto County in the North to Biloxi in the South should stand up today and tell Chris McDaniel that if he runs as a write-in candidate in November, they will support him. ...”
http://time.com/2921912/chris-mcdaniel-tea-party-thad-cochran/