ballot
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August won that riding by a single vote in the last election before the results were tossed by the Supreme Court earlier this year over a clerical error on a mail-in ballot.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Hounkpe ran a low-key campaign and needed the help of majority lawmakers to secure the required parliamentary endorsements even to get on the ballot paper.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Once this list has been decided, more than 1200 people, including every living inductees are sent a ballot and can vote on which nominees should be inducted.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
If a voter’s eligibility is in doubt, local officials aren’t allowed to throw a ballot out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The club’s telegram reached Depew in Washington twenty minutes after the final ballot, just as Chicago’s congressional delegation began celebrating at the Willard Hotel near the White House.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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