down-ballot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.

Word forms

down-ballot more down-ballot most down-ballot

Etymology

From the organization of most electoral ballots, which list electoral offices in descending order of the amount of power wielded by the officeholder.

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