Sentence examples similar to had cast blank from inspiring English sources

And one of the three, a doctor, said he had cast a blank ballot as a protest.

This fear is unfounded, but the election results are even more alarming: seventy per cent of the city's voters have cast a blank ballot.

A last-minute fear that Mr Garcia might win appears to have caused many of those whom pollsters had thought might cast blank or spoilt ballots to back his opponent.

Bernard Gonel, a 66-year-old retiree from the region of Finistère, on France's northwest coast, said he had been casting blank ballots in every presidential election since François Mitterrand, a Socialist, left power in 1995, because he felt disgusted by a political system that, to him, seemed all about money and power.

Both have cast enormous shadows.

I'd have cast him.

He has cast himself as Agent 007.5.

Obviously, Brandon has cast his lot.

The pro-democracy Civic Party, usually a Democratic Party ally, had urged electors to cast blank ballots to protest the lack of broader democracy.

Having remained calm in a debate with Mr Garcia, who is a polished orator, he then spoilt matters by interrupting a television interview with his opponent with an irate telephone call.Support for Mr Garcia began to rise after the debate, particularly among those who had earlier said they would cast blank votes.

The new speaker has been an outspoken critic of Mr. Maliki, whose party members cast blank ballots rather than vote for Mr. Sammaraie or a challenger.