write-in
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noun
1.
a candidate or vote for a candidate not listed on the printed ballot but written onto it by the voter: Write-ins may swing the election.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or for such a candidate or vote or a ballot so marked: a write-in campaign.
Origin:
1930–35
1930–35
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| write-in | |
noun | |
| 1. | a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters [syn: write-in candidate] |
| 2. | a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot |
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Write-in
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Filing of nomination papers for write-in candidates.
Use of the federal write-in absentee ballot in elections for federal office.
Election officials should keep an eye out for any thematic similarities in today's showing of fictional write-in candidates.
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