Write-In — Belinda Bucks the Odds, Challenges Candidate Who Beat Her in Sept. Primary

Conventional political wisdom maintains that write-in campaigns virtually never succeed, that it’s next to impossible to get people to vote for anyone not already on the printed ballot, that odds are, most voters just won’t take the time or make the effort to write-in someone’s name. However Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway intends to buck those odds. In front of City Hall this morning she launched an admittedly uphill battle to hold onto her 7th District seat by asking voters to ignore the Democratic Party nominee who defeated her in the September 13 primary, and write her name in instead. Read the full story.