write in

Ballot box longshot

Write in means to add a name to a ballot that isn't among the printed candidates: She wrote in her neighbor for school board.

A write-in is a candidate or vote of this kind.

Write in also means to send correspondence to an organization: Viewers wrote in to complain about the ending.

Related

election · entry · nominee · registration · submit · underdog · longshot · democracy · third-party · dark horse · nomination · amendment · grassroots · add · checkbox · inscription · pencil · jot

Opposites
ballot marking method

write inpreprinted

Printed beforehand

party nominee · straight ticket · bubble in · fill in the bubble

textual modification direction

write incross out

Eliminate by marking

strike out · delete · erase · redact · remove

communication direction

write inwrite out

Express in full form

respond · reply · broadcast · publish

Family

write, writer, writing, written, wrote, handwriting, rewrite, writes, writers

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G