If valid write-in votes are cast for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Indiana, won't that person be the nominee for U.S. Senate? That's how it works in most states when no candidate appears on the ballot. Even a Republican, if he or she gets valid write in votes from Indiana Democrats, could be the Democratic Party's Senate nominee. Maybe Hostettler could get both nominations that way, winning both the Republican primary vote and the Democratic primary via an organized write in vote campaign. [That's how Dem Rep. Charlie Wilson won the nomination for OH-6 in 2006 - a write in campaign in the primary after he failed to file enough valid signatures.] I do not understand the chatter about the nomination being open and available for Indiana party people to fill after the primary election. If someone gets write-in votes - even a handful - in the primary, that person will be the nominee and it will not be "open" for the party people to fill with Ellsworth, Hill or anyone else. Is Indiana election law different from other states?