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ballot

[bal-uht] / ˈbæl ət /


NOUN
candidates from political party
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So when Ali opened a slate mailer titled “Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ Sample Ballot and Voter Recommendations,” he couldn’t believe her advice on Measure CPT.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Appeared in the November 1, 2025, print edition as 'The Pennsylvania Court on the Ballot'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Daniel HoSang is an American studies professor at Yale and author of the 2010 book “Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California,” which tracks the 1980s-era English-only battles in the Golden State.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Ballot initiatives like Amendment 4 provide a more appealing reason to get into politics—and if it passes, it’ll show young people they can make a lasting change.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2024

I would buy tapes of Malcolm’s speeches—“Message to the Grassroots,” “The Ballot or the Bullet”—down at Everyone’s Place, a black bookstore on North Avenue, and play them on my Walkman.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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