ballot
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Supporters of the tax submitted nearly 1.6 million signatures in April to qualify the proposal for the ballot, roughly double the number required.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
A labor union spent $31 million gathering signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot in an effort to offset federal healthcare funding cuts that will affect millions of California’s most vulnerable residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
If more than one MP is able to garner enough support to progress to the next stage, a ballot of Labour party members and affiliated supporters would take place between 6 and 27 August.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“I said as a senate candidate that I’d be focused on the down ballot and my plan to do that hasn’t changed.”
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026
She was charged with violating section 19 of the Enforcement Act of 1870, which made it illegal for someone to willfully cast an illegal ballot.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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