Sentence examples for get ballot from inspiring English sources

Afghanistan's rugged mountains, harsh deserts and limited infrastructure mean organisers of past elections have relied heavily on both high-tech air transport and traditional solutions such as donkeys to get ballot papers and boxes to more remote areas.

The Paladino campaign has collected 28,000 signatures as part of its petition drive, nearly twice the 15,000 required to get on the ballot but perhaps not as much of a cushion as a candidate seeks, given the ability of an opponent to get ballot signatures disqualified on technicalities.

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We're working to get ballot access on the others.

Nicole Smith: There are nearly a dozen states (California, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, Hawaii, Missouri, Ohio, and Montana) that are in various stages of trying to get ballot initiatives for general legalization in 2016.

While minor, Moore managed to earn much needed media interest in the later part of the election mostly due to John McCain's red baiting against Barack Obama and making an appeal to the 5th US Circuit Court to get ballot access in the state of Louisiana.

Mr. Ritter said in a letter to the county clerks that other pieces of legislation already in the General Assembly's pipeline would get electronic voting machines recertified for the limited purpose of providing access to disabled voters, and get ballot-scanning devices back up and running in time to count the paper ballots on election night.

(Elections officials sent out notices late last week that it was too late to rely on the postal service to get ballots in on time).

To address this problem, the new Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act requires states in most cases to get ballots to military and overseas voters well in advance of regularly scheduled federal elections.

It is often hard for military voters to get ballots, and because of distance and unreliable mail service, it can be difficult or impossible for them to meet election deadlines.

This particular lunacy is possible because state lawmakers have failed to comply with a 2009 federal law that requires military personnel overseas to get ballots 45 days before a federal election.