write-in candidate
noun /ˈraɪt ɪn kændɪdət/, /ˈraɪt ɪn kændɪdeɪt/
/ˈraɪt ɪn kændɪdət/, /ˈraɪt ɪn kændɪdeɪt/
(US English)- a candidate in an election for public office whose name is not printed on the official list of candidates, usually because he or she has not been selected by a political party. People voting for such a candidate must therefore write his or her name on the voting paper. Some use this write-in vote, or write-in, as a form of protest by writing silly names on the voting paper.
书面候选人：公职选举中的候选人，其名字没有印在正式候选人名单上，通常是因为他或她未被政党选中。因此，为此类候选人投票的人们必须在选票上写上他或她的名字。有些人通过在投票纸上写一些愚蠢的名字，以此写信或写信作为抗议形式。