Unions are irritated at the suggestion that they have overstepped the mark – they think that by consenting that no endorsement literature would appear inside the actual ballot envelope they have already vacated space that until 2007's deputy leadership election was allowed to them.
He ran a mock ballot through the machine, hoping to dislodge the ballot stuck inside.
The timing is not coincidental: it is an expression of the growing political clout of America's Latinos, at the ballot box, inside the academy and elsewhere.
I took the time to research the proposal before entering the voting booth, and then I examined the ballot itself inside the booth to ascertain where to vote for the proposal.
Mr. Jackson, flanked by local politicians and clergy members inside the packed church, said the ballot used in Palm Beach County was not only confusing but illegal, because it did not conform to state laws that he said mandate that voters make their choice to the right of the candidate's name.
When the ballot box was opened, 1,900 ballots were inside.
Inside, Mr. Romney took a long look at top of the ballot, and the small font that read "Romney and Ryan".
Green ritual books and red folders, presumably with the ballots inside, lay before them, and they placed their birettas — square, peaked crimson hats — on the tables.
In county after county, a day that began with elections officials and volunteers removing the seals on the ballot boxes ended with them putting the ballots back inside, and Republicans whooping and cheering.
The only clue about what is going on inside the Sistine Chapel is the smoke that emerges twice a day from burning the ballot papers.
