Sentence examples for a key ballot from inspiring English sources

A series of lawsuits and a key ballot measure passed since Ms. McLaughlin's victory show a city torn between the generally liberal, anticorporate politics of the Bay Area and its own history as a loyal company town.

For the time being, the FAQtory system is being showcased on www.faqvoter.com, a recently launched web site that provides information on a key ballot initiative facing San Francisco voters in the November election.

The IDC has introduced its own bill, but that legislation is widely opposed by reformers because of a so-called poison pill that would change a key ballot access rule -- known as "Wilson-Pakula" -- that aids recognized third parties like the Working Families Party and the Conservative Party by allowing non-members to run on their ballot lines.

Social conservatism won out in a number of key ballot initiatives on Tuesday that dealt with issues of minority discrimination, marijuana legalization, and taxes.

A round of electoral reform victories in key ballot measures suggest that Americans have had enough of antiquated electoral laws.

Separately, I'm also co-hosting a non-partisan event explaining both sides of key ballot initiatives in San Francisco's election tomorrow.

Voters will have a hard time knowing whose interests are being served by the key ballot measures Tuesday.

But the UK government believes for that to happen, the two governments must agree how the key ballot will be staged by October.

Progressives didn't win every top office and key ballot measures because voters are more progressive, but because of the power of populist tactics practiced here that should spread across America.

Key ballot measures passed on Election Day beefed up gun control in Washington, California, and even libertarian-leaning Nevada; provisions loosening marijuana laws passed in eight of the nine states where they were on the ballot; and voters in Colorado, Maine, and Arizona approved increases to the minimum wage.

In other key ballots: Referendums in Maine, Maryland and Washington state approved same-sex marriage, while a measure in Minnesota to block gay unions failed.