Sentence examples for ballot behind from inspiring English sources

We were all scared to mark the ballot behind a curtain, so we checked "yes" in full public view.

Party leaders have put their hopes in Ms. Davis's care and in the meantime have talked to candidates who might fill out the ballot behind her.

Mr Maclennan, though he has the majority of members who voted in the ballot behind him in pursuing merger negotiations, starts his caretaker leadership with a majority of his parliamentary colleagues – Dr Owen, Mr Cartwright and Mrs Rosie Barnes, MP for Greenwich – against him.

Russia had failed to even make the IOC's shortlist to host the 2002 Games and more recently its bid for the 2012 summer version had finished flat last in the final ballot, behind New York, Paris, Madrid and, of course, London.

He stood second out of fourteen candidates in the first ballot, behind Bland.

Breckinridge declined in deference to Linn Boyd but received 51 votes on the first ballot, behind Mississippi's John A. Quitman with 59, but ahead of third-place Boyd, who garnered 33.

He was passed over by the fans, finishing third among forwards in the balloting behind Vince Carter and Grant Hill.

He was third over all in fan balloting behind Favre and Kansas City running back Priest Holmes.

But in Massachusetts, which along with Vermont and Maine is the only state to let felons cast ballots behind bars, there is a move in the opposite direction.

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting behind Stanford's Christian McCaffrey and winner Derrick Henry – running back of the Crimson Tide.

Ulis finished fourth in the Illinois Mr. Basketball balloting behind Jabari Parker, Jahlil Okafor and Malcolm Hill.