Ballots Sentence Examples

He led on the first four ballots and never fell below second place.

At the Republican National Convention in 1920 he received a few votes on all ten ballots for president.

Still other states allow the grouping on one ballot of all the candidates of a single party, and there would be therefore as many separate ballots in such states as there were parties in the "field.

Pointed to the large number of spoiled ballots in London when multiple systems were used.

Ballot administration Workplace ballots are no longer lawful and consequently all industrial action ballots must be fully postal.

At the Democratic Convention for the nomination of a presidential candidate held at Baltimore in 1912, he led on 27 ballots, and had a clear majority on eight, but he was finally defeated by Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey.

In the Democratic convention, though he had a majority of the votes, he did not have the twothirds which the rule of the convention required, and after eight ballots his name was withdrawn.

Yet it required four ballots in the national convention to overcome the reluctance of Webster's, Clay's and Scott's followers and secure the party nomination.

The first of these, increasing the pay per day to the members of the legislature and providing for longer sessions,' was declared lost by the official canvassers, but when (1886) the ballots had been recounted by the legislature it was declared adopted.

The remaining nine electors cast ballots for John Kerry.

News of ' transfer ballots ' will become commonplace.

Them folks who had given the matter a little thought handed the ballots back all crumpled up.

For eight-and-twenty ballots no change of any consequence was noticeable.

All six councilors strenuously denied rigging the ballots and being improperly elected.

Once the votes were in, the ballots were constructed to make up the People's Choice Awards official nominees.

Similar initiatives have appeared on other state ballots.

The teacher who received the most ballots over the course of the week will have to kiss an animal.

A faction among the managers of the Republican party attempted to secure his nomination for a third term as president, and in the convention at Chicago in June 1880 he received a vote exceeding 300 during 36 consecutive ballots.

At the Democratic National Convention in 1912 he swung his followers to Champ Clark, who led on the earlier ballots.

After a fierce electoral fight the Takkians were victors at the first polls, but were beaten at the second ballots.

At the Democratic National Convention in 1920 he had strong support for the presidential nomination, standing second on the first six ballots.

In some states, voters said they had never received absentee ballots they had requested.

But trial all-postal ballots in four English regions were hit by delays and some fraud allegations.

The county where I am from has very strict rules about sending absentee ballots abroad.