Sentence examples for ballots turnout from inspiring English sources

Even with all of the added convenience and easier opportunities to cast ballots, turnout not only doesn't increase with early voting, it actually falls.

Are figures published on strike ballot turnout?

It said the legislation would ensure industrial action only ever goes ahead after a ballot turnout of at least 50%.

Suspicious about a large early ballot turnout, Sheriff Ed Jordan of Clay County has shut down the voting machines in his Appalachian district, angering a crowd of constituents who were lined up to vote in advance of the May 28 primary.

The main element in the bill is the raising of the ballot turnout threshold to 50%, but it also includes measures, criticised by some Tory MPs, to require unions to inform the police a fortnight before a strike of the intention to set up a picket.

When Obama's name is not on the ballot, turnout here nosedives, as it does in many predominantly African American neighborhoods in the U.S., and Democrats suffer.

The TUC has data on the strike ballot turnouts in seven recent disputes.

Despite strong majorities in favour, the government is challenging the union mandate for strike action by pointing to ballot turnouts.

The government says workers must stop striking on "derisory ballot turnouts," so the Bill demands that 50 per cent of the workforce must vote to make a strike legal.

Public sector workers will also be forced to meet impractical ballot turnouts before they are able to take lawful strike action.

The bill will introduce a 50% voting threshold for union ballot turnouts (and retain the requirement for there to be a simple majority of votes in favour).