Sentence examples for before ballots from inspiring English sources

Republican caucus rules in Iowa allow surrogates – as well as candidates – to make short speeches shortly before ballots are cast.

With less than two weeks before ballots are counted, details about health care and retroactive pay are the biggest concerns among New York City teachers.

Then victories at important guild ceremonies pushed "The Artist" way out front — so far that most Oscar strategists think no amount of fancy footwork by competing films can overtake it before ballots are turned in on Feb. 21.

"There is now much more consideration to making sure you have your opponent fully defined before ballots go out in October," said Rob Stutzman, a Republican strategist in California, who is advising Meg Whitman's campaign for governor.

If a rule is adopted — and it looks as if Mary L. Schapiro, the chairwoman, and her two Democratic colleagues are determined to make changes before next spring's proxy season — then shareholders will get something they have never seen before: ballots with more candidates than jobs to be filled.

Ehud Barak's ploy to oust Benjamin Netanyahu from a national election even before ballots are cast ("Shortchanging Democracy in Israel," editorial, Dec. 11) is further evidence that the Israeli leader lacks the character to bring peace and prosperity to the region.

The film also did not show well with major critics groups, in part because many voters had simply not seen it before balloting.

Two years before, a ballot measure was approved allowing independent voters to cast ballots in any party primary they choose.

This is the new math," said Jay Jacobs, the state Democratic Party chairman, as he explained the decision before balloting began.

But little more than five weeks before balloting, the incumbent, Gerhard Schröder, is looking less like a certain loser.

The Sunnis have proposed six measures, including a demand that U.S. forces remain confined to bases in the month before balloting.