A little-known fact outside the US is that in some states ballot papers in the presidential election have an explicit "write-in" option, where voters are invited to name and vote for any alternative to the official candidates.

If you are that way inclined, you may therefore vote for yourself, your mother-in-law, the artist who did your last tattoo, or anyone else who takes your fancy...

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