"Lincoln" Film Award Nominations & Wins

[Thomas Thorne]

My understanding that in the early days of Oscar,voters could vote for write in candidates but no longer can.

A write in candidate won an Academy Award for Cinematography in 1935 but the the Academy subsequently announced they would not tabulate write in votes. Bette Davis won her first Oscar the same year. She publicly agreed with the widespread perception that she did not deserve to win. Hollywood thought her victory was a consolation prize for Bette not winning a nomination for her volcanic performance in "In Human Bondage" in 1934. This oversight sparked an unsuccessful write in campaign for her that year.

I have seen no indication that the no write in tablulation rule has ever been changed.
Tom