balloting
noun
bal·lot·ing
ˈba-lə-tiŋ 
: an act or process of voting
finished second in the balloting for the MVP award
Even in Oregon, where mail-in balloting makes voting convenient, two-thirds of those registered sat out the May primary.—
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The speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, and five other men were approved by the Guardian Council, a 12-person body that vets candidates, for the balloting on June 28, according to the state news agency IRNA, which cited Mohsen Eslami, spokesman for the country’s election headquarters.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 9 June 2024
Advertisement Tuesday’s balloting affected only Komrosky’s District 4 seat, representing the eastern and central portion of the district.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Some balloting will likely take place in early 2011, but if the north tries to manipulate the referendum or postpone it by more than a few weeks, the south could erupt.
—Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
Numerous voters were injured by violent police intervention, and a declaration of independence followed the balloting — as did a crackdown by the Spanish government, which fired the Catalan government and imposed direct control.
—Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 9 June 2024
Advertisement Tuesday’s balloting affected only Komrosky’s District 4 seat, representing the eastern and central portion of the district.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Some balloting will likely take place in early 2011, but if the north tries to manipulate the referendum or postpone it by more than a few weeks, the south could erupt.
—Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
Numerous voters were injured by violent police intervention, and a declaration of independence followed the balloting — as did a crackdown by the Spanish government, which fired the Catalan government and imposed direct control.
—Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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