Sentence examples for counts of ballots from inspiring English sources

The Gore campaign had been protesting the election, challenging the tabulation and asking for hand counts of ballots that were not properly read by a machine.

The state's election law allows manual counts of ballots at the discretion of county election supervisors if a candidate makes a request.

So with each decision she made that the Bush camp liked -- and she made quite a few, including the critical one to reject post-deadline results from hand counts of ballots in the counties where the Al Gore campaign hoped to find a margin for victory -- her chances of being rewarded with a plum patronage job after the election grew dimmer.

They don't have a lot of money, and they're asked to do the impossible every election; and we're surprised there are slow counts of ballots?" Some California polling places were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of ballots in a year when voter enthusiasm was stimulated by competitive campaigns.

All counties have a Sunday deadline to finish their hand counts of ballots that appeared blank or otherwise problematic in the machine count.

He accused his opponents of "intimidation" for sending many people to watch the counting of ballots.

A new count of ballots limited to the capital could erase Mr. Allawi's slim advantage.

"Their newfound dedication to the counting of ballots, while welcome, seems a little off," he said.

Counting of ballots was finished in Sweida, Quneitra, Idleb and Dara'a.

Also, the count of people appearing to vote is compared against the count of ballots in the box.

But watchdog groups said they are trying to keep a close eye on transportation and count of ballots.