Sentence examples for equal ballot from inspiring English sources

It's still early, but it looks like the two third-party candidates are going to fall short of the 5percentt popular vote threshold necessary to get equal ballot access and federal campaign funding in the next election.

Johnson stated that his goal was to win at least 5 percent of the vote, as winning 5 percent would allow Libertarian Party candidates equal ballot access and federal funding during the next election cycle.

The antibusing referendum passed by 75 percent, and the equal-opportunity ballot question passed with 79 percent approval.

Chartists campaigned for universal manhood suffrage, a secret ballot, equal constituencies, annual parliaments, payment for MPs and the abolition of property qualifications for MPs.

In 1848 numerous inches were ceded to coverage of Chartist meetings, calling for universal suffrage, equal representation and vote by ballot.

* Ensuring equal access to balloting for minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities.

"We refuse to let that happen," said Jennifer L. Brunner, the Ohio secretary of state, who plans to instruct all counties that use touch-screen machines to order backup paper ballots equal to at least a quarter of the votes cast there in the last presidential election.

The bipartisan legislation makes it clear that equal access to the ballot box is about fairness and equality -- something that Carrie Chapman Catt knew when she founded the League of Women Voters 94 years ago.

"This administration has shown very little interest in making sure that all people have equal access to the ballot box," Mr. Obama said in a telephone interview.

We not only need to keep Section 5 in place, we also need to consider expanding it so that every voter has fair and equal access to the ballot.

The conservative-dominated court argued the act had largely served its purpose in encouraging equal access to the ballot box and said it was unconstitutional to continue singling out southern states for extra scrutiny without new legislation to determine signs of ongoing discrimination.