The phrase "are given ballots" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where individuals or groups are being provided with ballots, typically in an election or voting scenario.
Example: "During the election, all registered voters are given ballots to cast their votes."
Alternatives: "receive ballots" or "provided with ballots".
Several voters were given ballots that weren't neatly torn from the book, so the scanner rejected them.
Hussein Saaed, 33, another voting organizer, said male heads of households would be given ballots to take home for family members to fill out and return later.
In regular polling places, Mexicans were given ballots after matching their voter card with a photograph against a list that included both their name and picture.
The pro-EU Democratic party, which won about 6% of the vote, complained of scattered irregularities that favoured the Progressive party, saying some voters had been given ballots that were already filled in.
Half of them were given ballots identical to the ones they would receive in the voting booth; the others got ballots that included a black-and-white photo of each candidate's face.
Palm Beach County voters were given ballots that required them to draw a line to complete an arrow pointing to their preferred candidates, a potentially confusing alternative to the more common methods of filling in a bubble or making a check mark.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Johnson had written on Twitter that the line of people who had been given ballots at his polling place in the West Village was so long it went out the door and into the rain, which made ballots wet and jammed the machines.
Both men were given ballots, he added, and both voted to welcome LGBT participation.
Therefore, Alexander estimates that 1,870,000 voters were given ballots without presidential candidates.
GOP leads by 82 votes in another district where 147 voters were given ballots *for the wrong district*.
