"write-in" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from write in. So called because anybody wishing to vote for such a candidate must explicitly write the candidate's name on the ballot.",
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          "ref": "2019 February 19, Jeremy Pelzer, “Youngstown School Board member Dario Hunter seeks Green Party presidential nomination”, in cleveland.com:",
          "text": "He won a write-in campaign for Youngstown school board in 2015; he joined the Green Party last year.",
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        "A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
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        "(politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
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        "A vote made for a candidate of this kind."
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        "(politics) A vote made for a candidate of this kind."
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from write in. So called because anybody wishing to vote for such a candidate must explicitly write the candidate's name on the ballot.",
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        "(politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
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