Sentence examples for ballot approval from inspiring English sources

Watsonville voters in the Pajaro Valley, meanwhile, were overwhelmingly approving a measure that would require ballot approval for proposed name changes to public parks, plazas and other landmarks.

So far, Americans Elect has won ballot approval in 11 states and says it is within days of completing the process in California, the biggest electoral prize.

In Santa Cruz County, Watsonville voters backed a measure requiring ballot approval for name changes to public places.

If the clubs can gather the required signatures to place the stadium initiative on the ballot, approval can be attained either through a public election or by a vote of the Carson City Council.

The real challenge, he said, is ballot approval and "it's just very difficult to get a yes vote historically". "Go ahead and put this thing on the ballot," he wrote in April.

The fact is, at last count, more than 20 states now require some form of public action -- ie: ballot issue approval by voters -- to fund schools.

More than 5,000 workers participated in the voting today, with 59percentt of them casting their ballots for approval of the deal.

Mr. Ali said that several members had told him that they would not be satisfied unless half of eligible voters — not just half of those casting ballots — registered approval.

The local stadium authority launched a lawsuit against the city in April, kicking off the effort to move forward with construction and forgo ballot-box approval.

Correction: March 31 , 2002 Sunday An article on March 17 about a proposal for the Academy Awards to use a form of balloting known as approval voting misidentified a co-author of a 1983 book by that name.

If the council approves it then, the charter could appear on the June ballot for voter approval.