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They'll be throwing their votes away without even being told that by voting for a write-in, your vote won't count.

Gautam Dutta, the plaintiffs' lawyer in a suit against California's ballot proposition that discards write-in votes — saying voters who backed Prop. 14 weren't aware of the ban on write-in votes because it was contained in separate legislation.

Gautam Dutta, the plaintiffs' lawyer in a suit against California's ballot proposition that discards write-in votes — saying voters who backed Prop. 14 weren't aware of the ban on write-in votes because it was contained in separate legislation.

Andy Kim is a former GOVERNING staff writer.