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as in votes
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 suffrages
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 ballots
With various primaries, the voters cast ballots four different times before Ganim was declared the official winner.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
Results from the school board election and other races throughout California were just finalized December 3 because state laws and voting-by-mail procedures require more time to process ballots.
—Nadra Nittle, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
John then shuffled through the expansion era and modern baseball ballots twice apiece, getting spurned by the voting committees.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The ballots will be cast long before the CFP begins, but Boise State coach Spencer Danielson believes Jeanty has already earned it.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
The recount involved rerunning the 518,595 ballots processed through tabulation machines.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
In late November, Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim DuPuis called for manually counting the ballots, which initially showed Arteaga up by four votes.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a lawsuit against the state of California in a bid to stop the counting of mail-in ballots after Election Day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
According to its report, 12 new BIDs came through ballots in the 12 months to March 2024, while another 57 were reported to be in development across the British Isles.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
Results from the school board election and other races throughout California were just finalized December 3 because state laws and voting-by-mail procedures require more time to process ballots.
—Nadra Nittle, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
John then shuffled through the expansion era and modern baseball ballots twice apiece, getting spurned by the voting committees.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The ballots will be cast long before the CFP begins, but Boise State coach Spencer Danielson believes Jeanty has already earned it.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
The recount involved rerunning the 518,595 ballots processed through tabulation machines.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
In late November, Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim DuPuis called for manually counting the ballots, which initially showed Arteaga up by four votes.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a lawsuit against the state of California in a bid to stop the counting of mail-in ballots after Election Day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
According to its report, 12 new BIDs came through ballots in the 12 months to March 2024, while another 57 were reported to be in development across the British Isles.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Ballots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballots. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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