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There are plenty of ways to account for this upset, from polling errors to the musical chairs at the ballot box to Hong’s failure to spend basically any money on TV ads.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The record number of candidates also posed practical challenges, such as the need to use large tables to count ballot papers that measured a whopping 90cm in length.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Just over half of California’s likely voters oppose the ballot measure, while 42% support it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

They ran on these values, trusting unions and activists to back them at the ballot box.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

After the seventh ballot Chicago was only one vote short of a majority.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Zambians are voting in an election to choose a president and parliament, with more than eight million voters registered to cast their ballots.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

On the last day of early voting for the primary elections ahead of the midterms, many Whitehaven residents who opened their doors to volunteers from the group had already cast their ballots.

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta’s office summarized a strict new voter ID measure on November ballots — ruling that the summary language accurately describes the measure’s effects were it to pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Because Republicans had no presence in the South and parties, not states, distributed ballots, Lincoln received no votes in 10 Southern states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The inspectors gave each of the women ballots for local, state, and federal offices.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Party members and supporters will be balloted on the leadership race from 28 August until 17 September.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Metropolitan Police staff are to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay, with a union claiming that civilian workers in the Met are treated as "second-class citizens".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

Of the 83 hotels in Liverpool balloted about the visitor charge, 59% were in favour, on a turnout of 53%.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025

Staff at the University of Dundee are to be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could cut up to 700 jobs.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

Motions to be balloted for in order named: 1.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth

In the first round of balloting in March, he finished slightly ahead of Paxton, 42.5% to 40.8%, but short of the 50% necessary to avoid a run-off.

From BBC ● May 27, 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