- a candidate or vote for a candidate not listed on the printed ballot but written onto it by the voter: Write-ins may swing the election.
- of, relating to, or for such a candidate or vote or a ballot so marked: a write-in campaign.
- to insert in (a document, form, etc) in writing
- to write a letter to a company, institution, etc
- (adverb) US
- to vote for (a person not on a ballot) by writing in his name
- to cast (a vote) for such a person by writing in his name
- the act of voting for a person by writing his name on a ballot
- a candidate or vote that has been written in
- (as modifier)
