If that many write-in's have been counted, why have they not released any write-in figures?

TONS of people (republicans) voted paper ballots without writing in anyone.

That's odd. Anyone know whether this was a coordinated effort? It has the effect of making the 5% hurdle just a little harder to achieve. 

I confess - I put Tyree down on my ballot, and realized pretty quickly it wouldn't count. There was a sheet posted at the table listing all valid write-ins and he was listed, but I forgot he was a Democrat.

I might've crossed it out, but I figured, hey, maybe somebody will count it accidently :)

a few anecdotal stories:

1. I voted write-in last Thurs. during this election. I was told my entire ballot would be thrown out if I mistakenly entered a name on a wrong line. I dismissed this from the worker, assuming it had been a long day and that the worker might be new to the write-in process. Now you post this and I wonder - exactly what does get a ballot tossed?

They have to reflected somewhere in the report...

No way they are considered "blank" or end up part of the percentage, right?

2. I have turned write-in ballots over the years without marking them - as a protest to lower the final percentages, I started doing this after workers once told me they were not sure the machine would record properly if I didn't check at least one candidate using the machine process. (I never looked into it further, but I am still curious about this if someone here knows.)

I have advocated signing in and "not voting" for years. It serves as a de facto no-confidence vote. I wish real no-confidence votes could be integrated into the process, along with a hierarchy of instant runoff voting.

Also, I was once refused a write-in ballot during one of the primaries, being told it that it was a "party" race and didn't apply! I walked away after already signing in, wondering if my just signing in tweaked the numbers. Never looked into this either, but needless to say, they love me at my precinct!!