ballot
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Asked about Smith's ballot question on Monday, Carney recalled Brexit and offered "an observation from experience."
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
What Sir Desmond Swayne will do is yet to be decided, but in 2024 he wrote of how he hoped "like hell" to be unsuccessful each time he entered the ballot.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Postal Service to help speed the process and avoid the risk of a mail ballot arriving late, election officials said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The money is set aside for nonprofit affordable housing built by a local union that campaigned for the ballot initiative, as well as for rental assistance and eviction defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“What they should have done,” said Armpit, “is write down all the candidates’ names on a ballot.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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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