He finds himself, in fact, in a tight electoral box.
But, it's still refreshing that high profile candidates are leaning in that direction in attempts that could encourage the larger body politic to think outside of the electoral box and seriously consider third party bids.
In the bedlam around the ballot boxes, electoral decorum was abandoned as voters waved their ballots, checked or thumbprinted with blood in the box marked "naam" -- yes in Arabic -- for others' approval.
But on the way to Lula's inauguration the invisible hand of the market tore up his electoral promises and boxed the country around the ears for its reckless democratic choice.
While the Met and other police forces pay lip service to "facilitating peaceful protest", any kind of political expression outside of the tick-box electoral process is treated with suspicion.
A graduate of Harvard Law and Princeton University, born of a Cuban immigrant father and with dual Canadian-US citizenship, Cruz both checks boxes for electoral success and refuses to stay within the lines defined by his party.
A12 Haitian Election in Question The results of an undetermined number of legislative races from voting on Sunday may have to be voided because ballots were either damaged, lost or left susceptible to fraud when tired and poorly trained poll workers dumped huge piles of ballot boxes outside electoral offices.
Electoral workers prepare ballot boxes in a warehouse in Thessaloniki, Greece, on July 2 , 2015 ahead of Sunday's economic referendum.
Electoral workers prepare ballot boxes in a warehouse in Thessaloniki, Greece, on July 2 , 2015 ahead of the upcoming referendum.
Indeed, regulations for the Turkey High Election Board have made it less likely that it will offer even mild resistance to any election deception: a recently passed law provides for accepting unstamped ballot boxes, empowers the electoral board to redraw electoral districts or move ballot boxes.
