on the ballot
idiom
: to be subject to a vote in an election
The issue was on the ballot in November.
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In a move that surprised some, the Republican governor’s proclamation also called on lawmakers to weaken the state’s initiative petition process, a more than a century-old mechanism for direct democracy that allows citizens to put measures on the ballot.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Districts 2 and 7 do not have primary elections since respective incumbents Malcolm Graham and Ed Driggs do not have challengers whose names will appear on the ballot.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Blake predicts that the new measure, also titled Amendment 3, will be difficult to beat, unless the Missouri courts again require changes to the summary that appears on the ballot.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2025
The firms, Williams Architects and Beyond Your Base, were hired specifically to help with the public engagement process, site and facility conceptual design and determining whether the district should seek voters’ approval through a referendum question on the ballot.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Districts 2 and 7 do not have primary elections since respective incumbents Malcolm Graham and Ed Driggs do not have challengers whose names will appear on the ballot.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Blake predicts that the new measure, also titled Amendment 3, will be difficult to beat, unless the Missouri courts again require changes to the summary that appears on the ballot.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2025
The firms, Williams Architects and Beyond Your Base, were hired specifically to help with the public engagement process, site and facility conceptual design and determining whether the district should seek voters’ approval through a referendum question on the ballot.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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