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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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People passed around images purporting to show boxes of illicit ballots on a truck bed, or a left-wing politician posing with Fidel Castro.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
As the sole candidate to qualify for the Republican primary ballot…
— Virginia GOP (@VA_GOP) April 5, 2025
Spanberger was declared the Democratic nominee after the deadline to make the ballot passed at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and podcaster whose group worked alongside Musk to boost conservative Brad Schimel in Wisconsin, argued Tuesday's Supreme Court loss underscored a fundamental challenge for Republicans, particularly in races where Trump is not on the ballot.
—Time, 3 Apr. 2025
After a village Electoral Board ruling knocked Tinley Together off the ballot, a Cook County Circuit Court judge, in early January, reversed that ruling.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
As the sole candidate to qualify for the Republican primary ballot…
— Virginia GOP (@VA_GOP) April 5, 2025
Spanberger was declared the Democratic nominee after the deadline to make the ballot passed at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and podcaster whose group worked alongside Musk to boost conservative Brad Schimel in Wisconsin, argued Tuesday's Supreme Court loss underscored a fundamental challenge for Republicans, particularly in races where Trump is not on the ballot.
—Time, 3 Apr. 2025
After a village Electoral Board ruling knocked Tinley Together off the ballot, a Cook County Circuit Court judge, in early January, reversed that ruling.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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