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Recent Examples of write-in
Rounding out the top five names were seven write-in votes for the Sacramento Capitals or Capitols — which could be nicknamed the Caps to avoid quarrels over the spelling — and six votes for the Sacramento Stingers or Sting, referencing the collegiate Sacramento State Hornets.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
District 6 Incumbent Kelly Gonez, who was first elected to the board in 2017, appeared headed for another term after facing only a write-in-challenger in District 6.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 June 2026
Murkowski, more moderate than many of her GOP colleagues, chose to compete in the general election as a write-in candidate.
—Eric McDaniel, NPR, 30 May 2026
East San Fernando Valley incumbent Kelly Gonez faces one challenger, Jose Sagredo, who as a write-in candidate will not even have his name on the ballot.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
District 6 Incumbent Kelly Gonez, who was first elected to the board in 2017, appeared headed for another term after facing only a write-in-challenger in District 6.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 June 2026
Murkowski, more moderate than many of her GOP colleagues, chose to compete in the general election as a write-in candidate.
—Eric McDaniel, NPR, 30 May 2026
East San Fernando Valley incumbent Kelly Gonez faces one challenger, Jose Sagredo, who as a write-in candidate will not even have his name on the ballot.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write-in
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Even so, the council’s budget was soundly rejected at each of the five polling places as well as in the absentee ballot count.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
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People who couldn’t get to the polls for whatever reason could request an absentee ballot or even request to be a permanent absentee voter.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Yesterday in Makerfield, a constituency outside Manchester in northern England, Burnham won a special parliamentary election that basically everyone understood to be both a referendum on Starmer’s leadership and a test of his own ability to defeat the radical right.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Days after shelving a plan to redraw Georgia’s political maps, Republican lawmakers in the state Legislature are pivoting to property taxes with an ambitious strategy to put more than a hundred tax-cutting referendums on the ballot this November in a move that could boost GOP turnout.—
David Wickert,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
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In a strange reversal of a longstanding trend with the Academy, this year’s documentary short ballot is almost entirely domestic (which is to say, films made by or about Americans), while the feature doc category — where subtitles aren’t so common — is entirely international.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2024
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About half a dozen poll workers said this election has been particularly slow, likely because of the short ballot and bad weather.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
16 May 2023
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Georgia finished the season with a record of 53-14, won the SEC regular season and tournament titles, along with punching its first ticket back to Omaha for the first time since 2008.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
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The Ravens will use a ticketing system that will allow fans to get up to four free tickets for a specific practice.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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“Write-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/write-in. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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