ballot
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His ballot helped the village reach a record 100% voter turnout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Although it's important to note that this contest hasn't been a bed of roses, with Monica Lennon labelling the party "quite nasty" when she failed to make the final leadership ballot.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Working holiday makers in rural areas will enter a ballot to stay for a second or third year, with just 5,000 visas available for the latter.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The 350 residents were invited to cast their ballot in a small box outside the village hall, the community hub of Piddington.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the years when women first began campaigning for the ballot, a married woman had no identity separate from her husband.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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Indeed, North Carolina began mailing ballots on September 4, and other states are doing so now.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Postal Service rules require states to use a new online federal government system to send it a list of all voters who should receive mail ballots, though that portal is not yet available.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
About 30% of the nation’s voters — and 80% of Californians — cast ballots by mail in the 2024 elections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Under the rules, those are the employees who would have to screen large batches of outgoing state ballots for compliance with the portal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The election officials sat at a long table with ballots on it, and also big wooden boxes for the votes.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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On Friday, Duffy told fans via a story on her Instagram account that she would be hosting a balloted gig.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Staff at an East Dunbartonshire secondary school are being balloted on strike action over "serious health and safety concerns".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Resident doctors in England are already being balloted on strike action over pay.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025
And staff at the University of Edinburgh are also being balloted on strike action in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from its budget and fears of compulsory redundancies.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
They balloted lusty and strong, Won over the enemy, too, And when they had counted the ballots They saw 'twas for Tippecanoe.
From Sixty Years of California Song by Margaret Blake Alverson
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
It is also balloting its members at Aberdeen, Heriot-Watt and Stirling.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Despite the problem under center, Steichen—who had been the Eagles offensive coordinator when quarterback Jalen Hurts finished second in the MVP balloting in 2022—managed to field an offense that wasn’t a total disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
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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