Sentence examples for open ballot from inspiring English sources

It will also decide whether the president will be chosen in a secret or open ballot.

Probably the most deserving and could have won in an open ballot.

Beyond the question of law, some might complain that an open ballot would corrode the ethical underpinnings of the franchise.

Bercow's enemies had already realised there was no chance of defeating him in an open ballot and had retired to their fetid lair to snarl and sneer.

Rarely are the paper originals of the vote tallies reviewed, nor is it normal to open ballot boxes to check confusing or disputed vote tallies.

Fortunately, the State Senate's Democratic minority leader, Martin Connor, plans to call the question next week by offering legislation to ensure an open ballot in 2004.

Before dewy-eyed reformers drew curtains across our voting booths during the late 19th century, open balloting was common practice.

A4 Election Day in Nigeria Nigerians lined up to register their choice for president, but the exercise was clouded by discontent in the Niger Delta states, where many polling centers did not open, ballots did not arrive and one election office was attacked with dynamite.

For J. S. Mill, this is a very significant reason for open ballots.

In other words, even under an "aggregation of private interests" view of democracy, there may be a case for open ballots.

Notice first that the arguments for open ballots invoked above in the context of an "aggregation of private interests" view of voting, equally hold to justify the publicity of debates taking place between representatives.