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A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may nontheless vote, by writing-in on the ballot the person's 'name' and the 'office' he is being voted for.

Some states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker with a write-in candidate's name and office. Write-in candidates evolved from the time when ballot-forms were blank with no names printed on them.