Sentence examples for ballots in hand from inspiring English sources

Because the Globes are awarded while Academy Awards voters still have their nominating ballots in hand, they exert considerable gravitational pull over the Oscar process.

Dubbed the "The Freedom Vote," the seeds were planted on August 6, when the movement mobilized some 27,000 unregistered black voters to show up at the polls for the gubernatorial primary with ballots in hand.

The women knew who had already voted — updates come in daily from local county clerks — and who had a mail-in ballot in hand not yet submitted.

You head into the voting booth, ballot in hand, and get to work.

Alone, with a secret ballot in hand, Americans have consistently voted yes to medical marijuana in dozens of elections.

Election administrators track the status of every registered voter -- whether they voted in-person early, and if they have a mail ballot in hand or if it has been returned.

The annual scramble to impress academy voters while the ballots are in hand, but the voters are not, is now in full swing.

The court rulings in other states would not bind a court in Florida, but they do show a fairly consistent attitude by judges toward punch-card ballots: In a hand recount, officials should use any means to determine what the voter intended, including hanging chad, dimpled chad, even penciled chad.

Voters had six ballots in their hands, for national and local races.

The Academy's recent push to diversify its demographics in the wake of two consecutive years of all-white acting nominees could mean that more people inclined to appreciate a feminist superhero hit will have ballots in their hands come January. .

The suit seeks to block the officials from recounting presidential ballots in Florida by hand.