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If you are building frontier models or constructing massive AI data centers, you are in a sense always on the ballot, and the polls never seem to close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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

“This makes Prop. 40, in real dollar terms, the most expensive ballot measure ever, in the most expensive midterms ever,” McCuan told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

In 2000, reformers finally had enough votes to get the issue on the statewide ballot, where a majority of voters chose to eliminate the ban, although 41 percent voted to keep it.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

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

City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez said he was “feeling good” about the election results shortly after the initial round of ballots were released Tuesday evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

More than 2.3 million Michigan voters had already cast ballots by Monday, according to The Associated Press, raising questions about how much the late-breaking controversy could influence the outcome.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

The foreman tears a sheet from a notepad and tears up little slips of paper for ballots.

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose

The BMA balloted its members over a four-week period after doctors' leaders rejected a recommended 3.5% pay uplift from an independent pay body.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Staff at Dundee University were also balloted for strike action last week following reports up to 700 jobs could be cut in an effort to overcome a £35m deficit.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025

Staff at the University of Edinburgh are being balloted on strike action in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from its budget.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025

Staff at the University of Dundee are to be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could cut up to 700 jobs.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

One after another—first, second, and brevet—was proposed, balloted for, and elected in the same way as the captain.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid

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

Such is the case after last week’s Lone Star State balloting, in which 2.3 million Texans voted in the Democratic primary and 2.2 million in the Republican primary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

AFP journalists saw balloting begin in the second city of Mandalay, where 53-year-old teacher Zaw Ko Ko Myint cast his vote at a high school around dawn.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

The balloting proceeded without incident on a shining September morning.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende