provisional

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Hernandez was able to vote in person, but only by filling out a provisional ballot, said Chelsea Lucktenberg, the councilmember’s deputy chief of staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

European lawmakers and countries struck a provisional compromise on the reform, which was launched in response to political pressure to curb migration -- paving the way for its final approval.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

If you didn’t bring your mailed ballot, some counties will require you to vote using a provisional ballot that will be counted once elections officials check that you are eligible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

In Europe, provisional inflation figures for May from individual eurozone countries and European Central Bank accounts will be watched after a string of recent data suggested that economic activity is faltering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Now, with Wotton’s formulation of a tacit reserve, moral certainty was required to give way to a new sort of temporary knowledge, a purely provisional understanding.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton