ballot
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In an interview with MarketWatch Thursday, specialist emerging market fund manager Malcolm Dorson discussed the potential outcomes of Sunday’s ballot and the opportunities it presents to investors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Young people are motivated most to cast a ballot in order to take action on issues they care about.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nobody yet knows what the energy of Gen Z voters will mean at the ballot box.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The ballot measure also would make a major change to gubernatorial recall elections by automatically designating the lieutenant governor as the replacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Black Belt shone as a symbol of the power of the ballot all across black America.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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In the June primary, Los Angeles County voters cast ballots in 11 competitive Superior Court judicial elections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Voters who use mail-in ballots — the most popular method of voting in California — would be required to write a four-digit number, or a PIN, on their ballot envelopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
What about voters who already cast their ballots, does the high court’s ruling apply retroactively?
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
A former vice president of Costa Rica, Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, has so far won two of three secret ballots, but her level of support among members of the P5 is unknown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
There were five stacks of ballots, one for each candidate, printed with the man’s name and his picture.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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The BMA balloted its members over a four-week period after doctors' leaders rejected a recommended 3.5% pay uplift from an independent pay body.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Earlier this month, the Unite union said members would be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could cut up to 700 jobs.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
Staff at Dundee University were also balloted for strike action last week following reports up to 700 jobs could be cut in an effort to overcome a £35m deficit.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
Staff at the University of Edinburgh are being balloted on strike action in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from its budget.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
The name of my successor has been balloted for secretly.
From The Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Curtis claimed that he had written “a prototype” of software that would allow cheaters to alter votes using “invisible buttons” on touch-screen balloting machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
States have ultimate responsibility for voter registration rolls, the kind of machinery used to conduct balloting, the rules for contesting elections, laws prescribing how candidates qualify to appear on the ballot, and much more.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
Andrews, a former Democratic congressman in the United States, voiced hope Sunday's final day of balloting would bring relief to Myanmar's people.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
But at this rate, Jaffe said, Hernández is in line for the biggest one-year gain since writers returned to yearly balloting in 1967.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
The balloting proceeded without incident on a shining September morning.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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