Sentence examples for first ballot of from inspiring English sources

The Roman Catholic cardinals' first ballot of the conclave came up with no new pope, signaled by the black smoke from a Sistine Chapel chimney.

That's the number of delegates definitely pledged to Romney on the first ballot of the convention, together with automatic delegates who have endorsed Romney's candidacy.

George Brown, James Callaghan and Harold Wilson went into the first ballot of MPs which eliminated Callaghan, who polled 41 to Wilson's 115 and Brown's 88.

The South Korean city won overwhelmingly on the first ballot of a secret vote of delegates of the International Olympic Committee, receiving 63 votes, compared with 25 for Munich and 7 for Annecy, France.

"People in Tahrir Square told us to boycott these elections because the new parliament will be controlled by the military council," explained Marwa Gamil, a 19-year-old who was about to cast the first ballot of her life.

The Deep State may yet reassert itself through money and fear, but the 2016 election looks to be the first ballot of a longer-term national referendum on what it has made of our society.

The elections were energized by a wave of young voters -- an estimated 15percentt of the 1.9 million people registered -- casting the first ballots of their lives.

A 14-year slog that's built to today, when the first ballots of the Australian Marriage Postal Survey are sent out.

The congressman has all but taken up formal residency in the state, which casts the first ballots of the presidential nominating process.

Some answers may finally begin to emerge Monday night here in Iowa, when voters will cast the first ballots of the 2016 campaign in a series of precinct-level meetings, or caucuses.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti brought his all-but-announced 2020 presidential candidacy to Iowa on Friday, visiting for two days of stumping in the state that traditionally casts the first ballots of the presidential campaign.