officeseeker
English
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[edit]officeseeker (plural officeseekers)
- A candidate for office, often specifically political office
- Officeseekers often start campaigning months before the election.
- 1983 April 9, Sue Hyde, “"Funny Names" Banned on San Francisco Ballots”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently approved a measure requiring office-seekers to file under their given names.
- 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State[1], archived from the original on 29 December 2023, page 26:
- The applicability of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment does not turn on whether an office-seeker has been convicted of a crime, however. Instead, under Sections 336 and 337, I am obligated to assess the record before me and make a determination based on the preponderance of the evidence, just as my predecessors have in other ballot access cases.