Sentence examples for a first ballot from inspiring English sources

Voters choose between the parties that did best in a first ballot.

Then there would eventually be a first ballot, where no one would get a majority.

If no-one has a majority going into the convention, those pledged delegates are pledged only for a first ballot.

Larry Allen was probably the best offensive lineman of his time and he should be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

These results will not matter on a first ballot in July where delegates will be bound by results in Iowa and Virginia's nominating contests.

Election rules require a candidate to have more than 50percentt of the vote to win on a first ballot, or face a runoff.

This may deny Mr Clark a first-ballot victory; if so, a second ballot with transferable votes (don't ask the details the Tories aren't clear either) will then take place on November 14th.

"He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer".

He should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, period".

It's about 600, especially when you're talking about Jeter, a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

A guy like Gary Sheffield, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, can't get a job.