write-ins

Unlisted candidate votes

Write-ins are votes cast for candidates not listed on the ballot, where voters physically write a name in a designated space.

The term extends to the candidates themselves: She ran as a write-in after losing the primary.

Write-in campaigns rarely succeed but occasionally produce upsets.

Also used attributively: write-in candidate, write-in vote.

elections

ballot

Voting document

candidatePerson seeking selection
nomineeOne proposed for position
votingFormally registering a choice

dark-horse · independent · third-party · grassroots · petition · underdog · fringe · electorate · suffrage · primary

additions

appendix

Supplementary section after main text

addendumSupplementary text at end
supplementSomething added to complete
postscriptEnd-of-letter addition

footnotes · annotations · marginalia · insertions · amendments · revisions · updates · afterthoughts · corrections · emendations

corrections

errata

Published list of corrections

corrigendaItems requiring correction
amendmentsFormal changes to documents
revisionsAlterations to improve

emendations · proofreading · editing · typos · clarifications · modifications · adjustments · rectifications · refinements · touch-ups

Categories

electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
votingballot, vote, voters, ballots, voter
civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
election resultsvictory, defeat, winner, loser, win

Opposites

ballot candidate type

write-insincumbents

Current holders of positions

response format on forms/surveys

write-insmultiple choice

Question with listed options

selection method

write-insdefault options

Pre-selected standard choices

Family

write-in, write, writes, writing, written, wrote, writer, writers, rewrite

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