ballot
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Voters also approved a host of ballot measures aimed at curbing construction, leaving AI companies scrambling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Yet as Kazin also notes, the party has consistently turned rejections at the ballot box into opportunities for reinvention.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
In February, the City Council, at the request of Vote16 Culver City, voted to put the measure on the November ballot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Raman didn't declare victory on Tuesday, as California's notoriously slow ballot counting hadn't yet provided a clear result.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
At eight o’clock on Sunday morning a wooden ballot box was set up in the square, which was watched over by the six soldiers.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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“There is then no way to get the challenged ballots segregated. As a result, the relief the United States sought and needed is no longer available — rendering voluntary dismissal necessary.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
While ballots are still being counted around the country, more than three dozen local measures have already passed that resulted in tighter regulations for data centers, according to consulting firm Redbud Consulting.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
As more ballots are tallied, Mississippi also appears on the cusp of sending a Black Democrat, Scott Colom, to the Senate.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
In the same hours, often on the same ballots, and it is the part the rainbow-wave coverage is already rushing past.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 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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Staff at an East Dunbartonshire secondary school are being balloted on strike action over "serious health and safety concerns".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
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
Resident doctors in England are already being balloted on strike action over pay.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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
Some time after, the Emperor wanted more men, and by some mistake the first man was balloted a second time.
From Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations by Dwight Lyman Moody
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
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
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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