In the end, it was moved indoors; but few outside Mecklenburg County, North Carolina were on the edge of their seats.The past two weeks of speechifying were a far cry from the Democratic convention of 1924, when it took 103 ballots to settle on a nominee.
The boss never admits to this, however, and claims throughout that he just wants everyone to have a "secret ballot" election someday to settle things fair and square.
Miami-Dade County has agreed to make changes in its voting practices to settle a lawsuit that said ballot problems disenfranchised black voters in the 2000 presidential election.
David Miliband tonight issued a lukewarm vote of confidence in the prime minister after two former cabinet colleagues called for a secret ballot by Labour MPs to settle the question of his leadership "once and for all".
In February 1877 Fassett attended and painted a meeting of the Electoral Commission (appointed to settle disputed ballots in four states in the 1876 presidential election) in the Supreme Court chamber.
Ms. Gillard said Thursday there would be a ballot on Monday for the party leadership "to settle this question once and for all," adding that "Australians are rightly sick of this".
Last year, approximately 60,000 ex-felons in California were granted the right to vote after the state agreed to settle litigation over laws blocking low-level offenders under community supervision from casting ballots.
The latest possible fix, on the statewide ballot as Proposal 4, would permit the Legislature to settle the title disputes and add new forest preserve lands, namely a lake-to-lake canoe carry on the Marion River.
Earlier this year Miroslav Lajcak, the political director of the Slovak foreign ministry, was named a special EU envoy to settle the conditions for Montenegro's ballot.
"It has reminded us how fortunate we are that we are able to settle these vital issues at the ballot box, peacefully and calmly.
