Sentence examples for ballots held from inspiring English sources

After more than 30 more ballots held over the next several days, the results were the same.

There were said to be separate Yes and No ballot papers, with the No ballots held at a part of the island accessible only by boat.

Many participating in the election exited polling stations with their index fingers dyed in ink – a measure designed to prevent people casting multiple ballots – held up in celebration.

In a sermon titled "Thank God It's Almost Over," the Rev. J. Douglas Dortch Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church of Tallahassee, considered the fracas of the presidential ballots, held it up to the light of faith and declared it irrelevant.

Ballot by ballot, the three board members worked through envelopes of disputed ballots, holding the ballots up to the light.

Yet the result of Iran's parliamentary ballot, held on February 18th, is keenly awaited.

On 3 February a unique exhibition takes place at the British Library, open only to selected academics or those who won a ticket in a ballot held last year.

Only 20% of those eligible to vote in the ballot held by the Public and Commercial Services Union, which represents civil servants, supported the walkout; the figure for the National Union of Teachers was 37%.

The Federal Conference executive will probably allow two health bill motions and a motion on Syria through to a conference delegates ballot held on Saturday.

Ahead of major strikes on Thursday, the prime minister attacked the National Union of Teachers (NUT) for taking part in industrial action based on a ballot held almost two years ago.

Nevertheless, in the elections in Bremen, the only state balloting held in 2007, there remained an SPD majority, although financial mismanagement and scandals had reduced the party's lead in that region.