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	write-in (write-in) noun US a vote cast for an unlisted candidate by writing their name on a ballot paper: the results showed 70 blank ballots and 770 write-ins a candidate for whom votes are cast by writing their name on a ballot paper.		Search results in the dictionary write someone in in write write in in write More results » More words in this category additional member system AV ballot blue state declaration election majority open primary outvote polling booth proportional representation re-eligible second ballot simple majority single transferable vote split swing unpolled vote Nearby Words wristwork wristy writ ¹ writ ² writ of execution writ of summons write write-back write-down write-in write-off write-once write-protect write-up writer writer to the Signet writer-in-residence writerly writhe