Sentence examples for ballots over from inspiring English sources

"We had a 20 percent increase in our provisional ballots over all," Ms. Patrick said, and many of those ballots were rejected.

The three members of the Broward County Canvassing Board scrutinized 327 ballots over six hours today, finding 136 votes for Mr. Gore and 48 for Mr. Bush.

I was happy to read Thomas Friedman's reference to the success of former President George Bush's tough policies in the Middle East ("Ballots over bullets," Views, June 11).

The coming election will be the first in which Internet voting will play a major role, now that 33 states have passed measures to allow their voters to cast ballots over the Internet.

Thomas L. Friedman, in "Ballots Over Bullets" (column, June 10), said it perfectly: "It warms my heart to watch people drop ballots in a box to express their will".

Only two rounds of voting were necessary for Beijing to prevail with a majority of ballots over four other candidate cities. Beijing received 56 votes in the second round to 22 for Toronto, 18 for Paris and 9 for Istanbul.

These questions are important, and we urge voters to turn the ballot over and read carefully.

The GM's engineering staff at British Gas are ballotting over claims of "bullying and customer exploitation".

With more than one-third of registered voters participating in the balloting, over 80 percent expressed a desire for independence.

Tata Steel – ballot over pension changes (discussions ongoing): 76% and 84% turnout (at different sites), 88% yes.

The ATL is not a recognised union for teaching assistants, but members will also now be balloted over strike action.