Sentence examples for met ballot from inspiring English sources

A1 Court Backs G.O.P. on McCain A judge ruled that Senator John McCain's campaign had not met ballot requirements in eight upstate districts, overturning a move by Democrats on the State Board of Elections to keep him on the ballot.

They must qualify for the ballot and meet vote thresholds, district by district.

Townspeople indeed met the ballots with confusion.

Public sector workers will also be forced to meet impractical ballot turnouts before they are able to take lawful strike action.

Newt Gingrich's campaign, having failed to meet the ballot requirements for Virginia's Super Tuesday presidential primary, announced Saturday that it will ask his supporters to write in his name instead.

Despite the withdrawal, the State Objections Board, which decides whether a candidate is eligible to appear on the ballot, met on Monday to close the matter officially.

At the stockholders' meeting the ballots were cast.

Lawyers for each party made sure that each envelope containing civilian ballots met the stringent requirements of state law, including having the voter's signature and the date, with the signature crossing the seam where the ballot is sealed, and having the signature of a witness who is either a notary or a registered Florida voter.

If spoiled or blank ballots met a certain threshold (half of all votes, for example), the election would be voided, compelling another round of voting.

"But my responsibility as secretary of state is to make sure that the ballots in Arizona are correct and that those people whose names are on the ballot have met the qualifications for the office they are seeking".

WASHINGTON — A request that the Supreme Court create a new First Amendment right to keep secret the names of people who sign ballot petitions met with intense skepticism at the Supreme Court on Wednesday from justices across the ideological spectrum.