Sentence examples for ballot blocking from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, Judge Seewald ruled that Mr. Espada could remain on the ballot, blocking a renewed effort by the Bronx Democratic Party to have the senator purged from its rolls.

Ballot Blocking THAI PROTESTERS BARRICADED DOZENS OF POLLING STATIONS Anti-government demonstrators don't want anyone voting in this week's general elections.

The good news about Hollingsworth is that it "did the job" in overturning California's Proposition 8, effectively reinstating the sweeping opinion of Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker striking down the state ballot initiative blocking marriage equality as unconstitutional.

A6 Election Violence in Sri Lanka Independent poll monitors said thugs had stuffed ballot boxes, blocked roads and fired guns to scare away voters.

He acted after balloting in a gubernatorial election on Sunday in the northwestern province of Catamarca had to be suspended when roving bands of hooligans that authorities said were affiliated with his Peronist party seized and burned ballot boxes, blocked streets, punctured automobile tires and prevented voters from going to the polls.

But it does not detract from the obvious merit of his proposal to put New York's battalions of ballot-blocking lawyers out of work.

The Justice Department has been fighting discriminatory voter ID requirements and other ballot-blocking measures around the country, with some success.

They have since threatened to disrupt the vote by blocking roads and burning ballot boxes.

The Supreme Court ruled that ProtectMarriage, the sponsors of Proposition 8, lacked legal authority or standing to appeal Walker's ruling blocking the ballot initiative.

Voting in a secret ballot, the lawmakers blocked passage of a fiercely contested bill that would consolidate Mr. Berlusconi's ownership of much of the news media and which critics say would give him too much influence.

The organization is using some safeguards to stop virtual ballot-box stuffing, like blocking multiple votes from the same I.P. address — be warned, ad agencies — but Ms. Oppenheim said that "what we cannot stop is, to be honest, if they tell all their friends and family to vote.