Sentence examples for balloting against from inspiring English sources

Clifford Krauss (NYT) PERU: FUJIMORI FALTERS A national poll showed President Alberto Fujimori falling short of winning a majority in the April 9 first-round election balloting against eight other candidates, suggesting a second round will be necessary in May between the top two candidates.

"Vote for," "elect," "support," "cast your ballot," "vote against," "defeat," "reject," and phrases along the lines of "Smith for Congress".

Under Wisconsin's rules, Mr. Walker would appear on a recall ballot against an opponent.

But come election day, many cast their ballots against the ruling party.

Members of the University and College Union are currently voting in a strike ballot against the redundancies.

About 66percentt of the 8,200 pilots who participated in the vote cast ballots against the agreement.

He gained 61% of the vote in a run-off ballot, against 39% for Geraldo Alckmin, his centre-right opponent.

Some 29% of the electorate failed to cast a ballot, against 19% at the last comparable poll in 2001.

The Democratic National Committee sent emails and members of the Columbia University College Democrats made phone calls, prodding voters to cast ballots against the ban.

Tibisay Lucena, the president of the electoral authority, rejected calls to check the paper ballots against the electronic result.

The Heat owner Micky Arison has revealed that he cast a ballot against passing the N.B.A.'s new collective bargaining agreement.