Write-In Adjudication Report
The write-in adjudication report includes the results of all write-in adjudication organized by contest:
The values in the contest table above are as follows:
Total Write-Ins
The count of all write-ins. If unmarked write-ins are being adjudicated, they will be included in this count
Not Adjudicated
The count of all write-ins that have not been adjudicated in the write-in adjudication interface yet
Official Candidate Counts
The count of all write-ins that have been adjudicated for official candidates in the election definition
Write-In Candidate Counts
The count of all write-ins that have been adjudicated for write-in candidates added at VxAdmin
Invalid
The count of all write-ins that have been marked as invalid
Relationship to Tally Reports
Before adjudication, write-ins are treated as votes for a generic write-in candidate and will appear in tally reports as "Unadjudicated Write-In." After adjudication, the new value will be reflected on tally reports:
When adjudicated for an official candidate, the write-in will be added to the official candidate count just as a regular vote for the candidate would be
When adjudicated for a write-in candidate, either:
The write-in will be individually listed if it is relevant to the results
The write-in will appear in the adjudicated write-in bucket if it is not relevant to the results
When invalid, the write-in becomes an undervote
Unmarked Write-Ins
Unmarked write-ins behave differently in relationship to the tally results because they cannot be considered a valid vote before adjudication. As a result, they are considered undervotes before adjudication. If an unmarked write-in is adjudicated as invalid, then tally results will not change. If an unmarked write-in is adjudicated for a candidate, the unmarked write-in is no longer an undervote and is added to the vote total for that candidate.
Also note that, because the write-in adjudication report includes unmarked write-ins, the "Unadjudicated Write-In" count on tally reports may be less than the "Not Adjudicated" count on the write-in adjudication report. The initial difference is the count of unmarked write-ins.
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