write-in

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Recent Examples of write-in Alliance San Diego, an election watchdog group, raised concerns that eliminating primaries could hurt write-in candidates. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025 Complicating the race for Democrats is the decision by Mayor Mike Duggan of Detroit, a longtime Democrat who won his first race for mayor in a write-in campaign, to run for governor as an independent. Katie Glueck, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The Electric Light Tower wins in a landslide of write-in votes despite collapsing in 1915. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025 Scott Madon, District 29 Republican Scott Madon won his seat with 35.2% of the votes as a write-in candidate after incumbent Sen. Johnnie L. Turner died this year from injuries sustained in a lawn mower accident. Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for write-in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for write-in
Noun
  • The fifth person who was charged is Margaret Joyce, a Stratford resident, who participated in the absentee ballot push during the 2023 election, and allegedly took possession of at least four absentee ballots.
    Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Under Wisconsin law, absentee ballots cannot be processed before 7 a.m. on Election Day.
    Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In response, the Polisario continued to insist on Sahrawis’ right to a referendum on self-determination, which they were promised in the 1991 cease-fire.
    Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Not only would this require approval from both chambers of Congress, but Canada would need to back the effort, too, considering that candidate states typically hold a referendum on the statehood question.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In a strange reversal of a longstanding trend with the Academy, this year’s documentary short ballot is almost entirely domestic (which is to say, films made by or about Americans), while the feature doc category — where subtitles aren’t so common — is entirely international.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • About half a dozen poll workers said this election has been particularly slow, likely because of the short ballot and bad weather.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
Noun
  • Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, The Doctor and Belinda get tickets to the Interstellar Song Contest, an out-of-this-world version of Eurovision, featuring a cameo from the international competition’s commentator Rylan Clark.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025

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