Sentence examples for Informal ballot from inspiring English sources

There were no women on the informal ballot.

Monday's informal ballot allowed the legislators in the fractious Parliament to express opposition when nothing of substance was on the line.

On Tuesday, the candidates were given a chance to promote their case before the agency's board reconvenes on June 9 to begin an informal ballot.

Their fury stems from Sisi's victory in a readers' poll on Time's website – an informal ballot that allowed people to vote multiple times, and which has no bearing on Time's editors' final decision.

Australia has high rates of "informal" ballots, but in its worst election, in 1987, the spoilage rate was only 5%.

He said it should be a "wake-up call" for all politicians that about 2.8 million Australians who were eligible to participate in last year's federal election missed out on having their votes counted, either through not enrolling, not attending, or casting informal ballots.

Increasingly, critics say, the informal balloting has proved a meaningless and costly diversion of time and money.

In 1972, the national media picked up the results of the informal balloting and that helped George S. McGovern, a surprising favorite, push past better-known rivals to win the party's nomination.

Above the line voting was introduced to reduce the level of "informal voting" (that is the number of spoiled ballots).

This appears designed to allay concerns that the changes would lead to an increase in "informal" voting and disenfranchise some voters, bearing in mind that people have been told for years that they could just vote once on Senate ballots.

This was an attempt to allay concerns that the changes would lead to an increase in "informal" voting and disenfranchise some voters, who have been told for years that they can just vote one on Senate ballots.