1. a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters; [syn: write-in candidate, write-in]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
write-in candidate
n 1: a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on
the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the
voters [syn: write-in candidate, write-in]