Sentence examples for ballot changes from inspiring English sources

Adam Mendelsohn, a former senior adviser to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who championed the ballot changes, said they were altering the nature of the Legislature but also his own party.

The State Supreme Court ruled unanimously from the bench last week that unlike other states, New Jersey offered some flexibility in its election law on the deadline for ballot changes, and in her opinion published Tuesday, Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz said that if the State Legislature disagreed, it could change the law.

The New Jersey justices, ruling unanimously on Wednesday, said the expired deadline for ballot changes could be overlooked because the state's election laws should be "liberally construed" in favor of "a full and fair ballot choice for the voters of New Jersey".

The ballot changed this year, eliminating the center position.

Because of the redistricting battles, candidates still have the opportunity to add their names to the ballot, change races or drop out.

The ballot change will be a blow, however, to the handful of true centers who, under the right circumstances, might have broken through for an All-Star nod.

Lawyers for Mr. Forrester have also sought legal action in United States District Court, saying that the late ballot change would violate the rights of absentee voters who may have already mailed their votes.

The ballot change will be a culture shock for an Academy voting community that tends to be older and more conservative: indeed, concerns are already surfacing as to whether all of the Academy voters even have email addresses.

"So your job could be at risk, your home could be under threat - there was a social pressure to vote for certain people and the secret ballot changed all that.

And few states have worked out the details of how to train workers to carry out provisional balloting and other voting changes, setting up the potential for a protracted ballot-by-ballot fight in any election that is close.

Of course, those totals could change if recounts or uncounted absentee ballots change the final tallies in other states where the finish was tight, especially in New Mexico, where thousands of absentee ballots from residents of Albuquerque were not yet counted.