Examples of ballot in a Sentence

Noun They cast their votes in a secret ballot. She was elected by secret ballot.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Of the 25 secretary of state races on the ballot this year, nine Republican and seven Democratic incumbents are running to keep their seats. — Christina A. Cassidy, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2022 The elections board conducted a lottery Friday to determine the order of names on the ballot — notably without McDuffie — and is expected to begin mailing ballots to voters in the coming weeks. — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022 A few days after Parton's request, the organization responded, saying the living legend would remain on the ballot, in part because voting was already well underway. — Devarrick Turner, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022 Dolly Parton gracefully turned down her nomination for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March, but the Rock Hall opted to leave her on the ballot. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2022 Eurythmics, Duran Duran and Devo are nominated on the ballot for 2022. — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022 Two of the seven Howard County Board of Education seats are on the ballot this year, and eight candidates have filed to run. — Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2022 Last year, the Indiana General Assembly changed the rules for how the referenda question must be presented on the ballot. — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2022 Prior to 2014, a statewide initiative was required to be on the ballot once voter signatures had been submitted and verified. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The absence of the security sleeve isn’t the only change Multnomah County election officials are making to ballot packets for the May 17 election. — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2022 There’s no limit on donations to ballot measure committees like the one that is backing Buscaino. — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022 Rollins and Howard, both ballot first-timers, didn’t get much love from the voters. — Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 Existing debentures holders have a first right to renew, with the remainder going to ballot if demand outstrips supply. — Danielle Rossingh, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021 Earlier this month, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano asked Philadelphia County, Tioga County and York County to voluntarily turn over materials ranging from router logs to voter rolls to ballot production and tabulation equipment. — Sara Murray, CNN, 30 July 2021 The limits for donors in California, governed by state law, are $4,900 to legislative candidates and $32,400 to candidates for governor, with no limits on contributions to ballot measure campaigns. — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2021 And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation introducing a $3,000 limit on campaign contributions to ballot initiatives — cutting off a key source of revenue to subsidize the gathering of signatures for petitions. — New York Times, 22 May 2021 Additionally, the state Democratic Party and other critics of the audit settle their lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court, with the auditors agreeing to ballot security measures and voter privacy protections, among other things. — Carrie Watters, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2021 See More

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