ballot
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"I cried when I put the X on my ballot paper," Zofia told me.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Bianco, however, did not adhere to the attorney general’s request and went ahead with the ballot seizures.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
If a voter’s eligibility is in doubt, local officials aren’t allowed to throw a ballot out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
He received 429 votes of 584 cast by MPs, a parliament official said after ballot counting was finished.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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
Vocabulary lists containing ballot
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Academy Awards, List 1
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