Sentence examples for gain ballot from inspiring English sources

"You literally have to go knocking on doors, door to door, to gain ballot access".

Whereas Democratic and Republican presidential candidates automatically are listed first and second on general election ballots, minor party candidates must navigate the complex and varied state laws to gain ballot access.

Mr. Buchanan told The Dallas Morning News that while he would prefer to gain ballot access on behalf of the Reform Party, "we don't know who's going to claim that the franchise belongs to them".

Background: Senate Bill 193, passed in 2013, imposes significant barriers for third parties wanting to gain ballot access.

Americans Elect claims grassroots power through the 2.5 million names it collected to gain ballot access in 26 states.

The judge proclaimed that "it was their (the campaign's) lack of reasonable diligence that ultimately thwarted their effort to gain ballot access here" in West Virginia.

Despite the Republican gains, ballot initiatives based on those issues passed by wide margins last week, including in red states.

In many states, widely recognized candidates like Mr. McCain automatically gain a ballot spot.

Mr. McCain, who is suing in federal court to gain a ballot spot across the state in the March 7 primary, said once again yesterday that the party was using communist tactics to ensure a victory for Mr. Bush.

With some 6,000 paid and volunteer canvassers, they hope to gain a ballot slot in every state.

On gaining the ballot (1957): "We must realize that we are grappling with the most weighty social problem of this nation, and in grappling with such a complex problem there is no place for misguided emotionalism.