Sentence examples for declaration of a winner from inspiring English sources

A deluge of last-minute ballots in Oregon's vote-by-mail election process has delayed the declaration of a winner in the governor's race.

Results for Major Candidates Al Gore (Democrat): 48% George W. Bush (Republican): 49% Hand counts and lawsuits continue to prevent formal declaration of a winner.

In addition, large numbers of absentee ballots can delay the declaration of a winner on election night, while early voters may be deprived of important last-minute campaign information.

This allows the declaration of a winner per challenge, irrespective of the actual performance (i.e. the winner could have rank 100, if all other participants were worse).

But with key officials in the GOP urging him to draw out the process, Coleman has indicated that he will appeal any declaration of a winner to the state Supreme Court and could even take his case federal, to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Because of an editing error, a report in the Metropolitan Briefing column on Tuesday about the declaration of a mayoral election winner in Irvington, N.Y., misstated the vote total.

Jennifer Medina (NYT) Correction: March 31 , 2005 Thursday Because of an editing error, a report in the Metropolitan Briefing column on Tuesday about the declaration of a mayoral election winner in Irvington, N.Y., misstated the vote total.

Mr. Jones, joined by election officials from a number of other states, issued his plea earlier this week, saying that in some previous presidential election years, early news media declarations of a White House winner appeared to have slowed final-hours voter turnout in some Western states.

It then talks about, separate term, the official returns -- after the official returns are in, you have a certification and then a declaration of the winner.

So you have the returns, you have the official returns with -- followed by a certification, and then a declaration of the winner.

In this particular case, the declaration of the winner would be under 103.011, which is the declaration of who are going to be the electors.