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ThenI guess the only question left is: If you have to register anyway, why not register as a normal candidate ?In the United States you're allowed to literally write anyone you want in. Not every state counts these, most states only count them if the person registers as a write-in candidate.
There was only one candidate on the ballot because it's a one-party city, the Republicans (and other minor parties) don't even run a candidate because they have no chance of winning. India Walton, Wu's candidate, beat the sitting Mayor Brown in the Democratic primary so she was the only one going forward on the ballot as a Democratic candidate. But Brown registered as a write-in. (As did three other randoms.)
So everybody got a ballot that was like:
1. India Walton (Democratic Party)
2 ________________________________
And on line 2 enough people wrote in Brown for him to win.
This has happened a few times, most notably in the Alaska Senate election of 2010 where Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican primary then ran as a write-in and won. Strom Thurmond was first elected to the Senate in 1954 as a write-in candidate as well.
Anyway, the democrat being beaten by a blank line on a ballot is really dumb even by socialist standards. This whole thing is really funny.