Sentence examples for ballot time from inspiring English sources

All this bodes well for the movie's awards season prospects because Oscar hopefuls as a rule stand a better chance of remaining in contention come ballot time if the movie has eked out a respectable sum at the box office.

"He was a drag on the ballot last time".

Others who aren't on the ballot this time figure into that, too.

But workers at some stations said that was because the ballot this time was simpler.

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"He can put his name on the ballot any time he wants, but he's making a joke of the whole electoral process".

"We lost some of the American people because we were so hyperfocused on policy we allowed ourselves to get on the defensive," said Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who will be on the ballot next time.

In a country with no experience of democracy, no functioning civil service and virtually no roads, organising a ballot takes time, even with the best political will in the world.Such will is notably absent.

Even if he were to retire after this season, Pettitte would wait five years before he appeared on the ballot, leaving time for a shifting, and softening, of opinions on the steroid era on the part of the voters.

On the other hand, many people who did not vote then are expected to cast their ballot this time, with many of those votes expected to go to Komorowski.

But even some who voted for Sisi last year are not planning to cast a ballot this time.