DCHP-1 Online
cross-slate 
n. a number of candidates chosen from opposing political parties or groupings; a non-partisan group of candidates.
- 1961 . . . non-partisan organizations began to call for election of a "Jan-Jango" cross-slate.
- 1961 . . . non-partisan organizations began to call for election of a "Jan-Jango" cross-slate.