ballot

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The competing measures, which have drawn enough verified signatures to qualify for the November ballot, come at a time when the rising cost of healthcare is emerging as a top voter concern.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

With about 10% of the vote counted, Platner had about 75%, compared with 18.6% for Mills, whose name remained on the ballot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Platner is expected to defeat Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills, who remains on the ballot despite suspending her campaign, along with lesser-known candidate David Costello.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

By Friday afternoon, California voters still didn’t know which candidates for governor and Los Angeles mayor would be on the November ballot.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

At four in the afternoon a roll of drums in the square announced the closing of the polls and Don Apolinar Moscote sealed the ballot box with a label crossed by his signature.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez