单词 | sticker candidate |
释义 | > as lemmassticker candidate C1. attributive (U.S. Politics), with the sense ‘designating or relating to an unlisted candidate whose name is added to a ballot paper by a voter using an adhesive label’, as sticker candidate, sticker vote, etc. Cf. write-in n. 1a. ΚΠ 1893 Boston Daily Globe 4 Nov. 3/3 Mr Cronan's meeting was well under way when John B. Moran and the ‘sticker candidate’ T. W. Coakley entered the room. 1924 Creston (Iowa) Daily Advertiser 9 Sept. 6/3 On the democratic ballot there are no contests, except a last minute opposition in the gubernatorial race, where it has been announced a ‘sticker’ vote will be sought. 1933 Mich. Alumnus 11 Mar. 351/1 There already has been suggested a campaign designed to run Mr. Murfin as a ‘sticker candidate’ in the April elections. 1999 P. J. Davies US Elections Today 154 Half a dozen hopefuls launched write-in/sticker campaigns. 2015 Salem (Mass.) News (Nexis) 25 Sept. All write-in or sticker votes should include the candidate's correct name and address. < as lemmas |
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