No write-in options for president on New Mexico ballot

No write-in candidate for president will be on the New Mexico ballot. The Albuquerque Journal reports that New Mexico is one of at least eight states that doesn’t permit write-in ballots for the office of president. State Bureau of Elections director Kari Fresquez says it is not explicitly prohibited but there is effectively no way for write-ins to qualify. State laws only let presidential candidates nominated by political parties – whether they be major or minor – and independent candidates be on the ballot. But write-in candidates can be eligible for all other elected offices in the state. Voters who pencil in a name for president will not have their vote count.