Sentence examples for is ballots from inspiring English sources
noun
Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
Earlier that day, the panel had decided to limit its recount to the 10,750 "undervotes," that is, ballots on which no vote was registered by counting machines.
In Pinellas, the board had agreed to count some dimples, but not the infamous "rogue dimples" -- that is, ballots where all the other candidates were cleanly punched but for the presidential election.
The pervasive uncertainty about the results of the election in Florida — at the time, Bush led by five hundred and thirty-seven votes out of nearly six million cast — prompted the Florida courts, interpreting Florida election law, to order a statewide recount of all undervotes and overvotes; that is, ballots that indicated no Presidential preference or more than one.
The Court invalidated the manual recount of the so-called undervote – that is, ballots that vote-counting machinery had found contained no indication of a vote for President – which the Florida Supreme Court had ordered to determine the winner of Florida's vote for presidential electors in the 2000 presidential election.
Aslef is balloting its members for a strike on Gatwick Express.
Among the string of accusations of violations is ballot-stuffing.
Where are ballots counted by hand?
"There were ballot boxes with keys missing.
Were ballot boxes sealed in the observers' presence?
Unions members will be balloted on the new deal.
In 2000, the excuse was ballot papers and faulty machines.
