officeseeker

plural officeseekers · alternative office-seeker

1. A candidate for office, often specifically political office

   Officeseekers often start campaigning months before the election.

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   The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently approved a measure requiring office-seekers to file under their given names.

   1983 April 9, Sue Hyde, “"Funny Names" Banned on San Francisco Ballots”, in Gay Community News, page 2

   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.

   2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023, page 26