Sentence examples for close the ballots from inspiring English sources

They note that Mr. Pataki rushed to call a special election for Feb. 1 for a long-held Republican Assembly seat south of Rochester -- though that race was so close the ballots are still being tallied.

After the voting closes, the ballots are counted in rounds, with the least popular candidate being eliminated in each round and the other preference votes being added on to each candidates' totals.

On 27 November, the polls closed, the ballots were counted, and the verdict came in: Prime Minister Chrétien and his Liberal Party will return to Ottawa with a majority government for the third time in a row, a feat unmatched since the end of World War II.

The organisers of the RideLondon event said they closed the ballot for the 2014 race after registrations reached the 80,000 mark.

"We waited in the queue until 10pm and we just got in to the polling station and they closed the ballot boxes and we were not allowed to vote," she said.

Forty-one hours after polls closed, the absentee ballot count is finally over in Miami-Dade county.

Can we close the coach of the year balloting?

But unlike Clinton — who wasn't pushing anything particularly radical; just a ballot measure intended to close the "gun-show loophole" — Obama didn't talk about gun control.

The first-term congressman was behind in the election night tally but began closing the gap as the final ballots were counted over the two weeks since the Nov. 4 election.

They must travel to New Orleans to cast their ballots because Chavez closed the Miami consulate in January 2012.

-Dan Cassino, agreeing with Dobson: "I'm with you - items [should] be as close to the ballot as possible.