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as in vote
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election
we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president
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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot
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Recent Examples of ballot
Unless something dramatic changes in the coming months, that may have fateful consequences for Republicans up and down the ballot starting with November's bellwether off-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
For Newsom's plan to go forward, voters would have to vote on a ballot measure in an upcoming election to either approve new maps or to permanently change the way the state does redistricting.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The decision came before the City Council is expected to vote on whether to place a public-safety levy on the November ballot that would raise property tax revenue $5 million per year.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2025
That initiative, which is gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot, calls for implementing voter ID requirements statewide.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
For Newsom's plan to go forward, voters would have to vote on a ballot measure in an upcoming election to either approve new maps or to permanently change the way the state does redistricting.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The decision came before the City Council is expected to vote on whether to place a public-safety levy on the November ballot that would raise property tax revenue $5 million per year.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2025
That initiative, which is gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot, calls for implementing voter ID requirements statewide.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
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Sympathizers of the party organized a recall vote on one-fifth of the KMT’s lawmakers, hoping voters will kick them out of office and replace them with DPP representatives.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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More than 50 Texas Democrats left the state over the weekend to prevent a quorum in the legislature and thus hinder a vote planned for a congressional redistricting poised to hand five U.S. House seats to Republicans, improving the GOP’s slim majority.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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As the suffrage movement grew, women painters took up banners alongside sculptors, models, writers, musicians, teachers, doctors, dancers, college women, and thousands of others, with many Chase students among them.—
Anne Halsey,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Aug. 2025
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The show also tackles a big historic topic with women’s suffrage.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
29 July 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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