Sentence examples for ballot is held from inspiring English sources

The ballot is held in secret.

The ballot is held in secret and Labour MPs are required to vote for six women and six men.

Alex Salmond said he believed Scots would vote in favour of leaving the UK when the ballot is held in two years' time.

Candidates for the National Assembly must receive a majority, not a plurality, of votes, and, if no candidate receives an absolute majority, then a second ballot is held the following week and the post is awarded to the plurality winner.

MPs apply to Commons Speaker John Bercow's office, and a ballot is held on Wednesday mornings to determine which of the applications have been successful.

The BBC understands that officials are examining tightening the rules governing strike ballots to give unions less flexibility on the timing of strike action and to widen the justification for a strike after a ballot is held.

The ballot was held after Alpha refused to sign a trade recognition agreement.

The ballot was held after talks at which Alpha would not sign a trade recognition agreement.

The last convention to require a second ballot was held in 1952, before the advent of the primary system.

However, the likelihood is that a majority vote in favour would result in a full conversion ballot being held.

If the interval feels somehow shorter, it is because competition for the top job hardly ceased, even though no ballot was held.