Sentence examples for constituted a vote from inspiring English sources

The rules about what constituted a vote varied from county to county and should be uniform, Senator Spano said.

She did not explain the standard she used to determine what constituted a vote, but it appeared that she had accepted any mark on the ballot.

The board -- made up of a county commissioner, a county judge and the elections supervisor, all Democrats -- presided over a confusing process in which the rules for what constituted a vote shifted in the middle of the day.

The painstaking process of counting votes by hand in a presidential election so close that every vote actually could count led to constant partisan challenges during the day over exactly what constituted a vote.

Thank you!" Voters said Tuesday, and in numerous interviews again today, that they were afraid they mistakenly punched the second hole, a vote for Mr. Buchanan, because it was near the arrow pointing to a third hole that constituted a vote for Mr. Gore.

(It was assumed that a kiss constituted a vote by the way).

"In Florida, you had a lack of definition as to what constitutes a vote and no appropriate recount procedure.

The bill passed today says that each state must "adopt uniform and nondiscriminatory standards that define what constitutes a vote and what will be counted as a vote".

The report also calls for each state to adopt uniform statewide standards before the election for what constitutes a vote for each kind of voting machine that is certified in that state.

The Republicans again harshly criticized the process as unfair, pointing particularly to the decision this morning by the Broward County Canvassing Board to adopt a broader standard when determining what constitutes a vote.

That standard, although vague, has been claimed by Democrats to include dimpled or partially punched holes in punchcard ballots, but the court did not discuss the precise details of what constitutes a vote.