write in
Example Sentences
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Under California law, write-in candidates are allowed only in the primary.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Polling is taking place in three phases spread over a month, using new electronic voting machines which do not allow write-in candidates or spoiled ballots.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Liebling, who covered it for the New York World-Telegram, he sought the “cultural write-in vote.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Voters were asked to fill out a write-in ballot due to the unusually high number of candidates.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025
I could at least have done a write-in vote.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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