Sentence examples for thousands of voting from inspiring English sources

The government had failed to distribute hundreds of thousands of voting credentials on time.

Multiply that across the city, toss in other costs, like moving thousands of voting booths, and the price tag is about $15 million.

Rather than reprogram thousands of voting machines a few months before the primaries in September, Mr. Kellner said the board had agreed to assess how the system performed after the elections in November, in which New Yorkers will select a governor and vote on both Senate seats, among other races.

Thousands of voting machines malfunction and do not properly record votes.

Because there are thousands of voting rolls and precincts in the country, and because Americans move and often fail to register their new addresses, such problems are common.

As the polls closed after the second day of voting and officials began stacking the paper ballots in each of thousands of voting stations, at least three other contenders were still in the running.

In its 57th annual study of voting patterns, published this week, Congressional Quarterly reported that Congress was more partisan than ever in 2009.

The 15th Amendment's guarantee of voting rights led to the enfranchisement of former slaves after its ratification in 1870, but then came the Compromise of 1877, which ended Reconstruction.

Tonight Organizing for America put out the call to 'deploy' our newly formed Rapid Response Teams to start doing massive phone banking beginning Tuesday the 15th December in anticipation of voting on Health Industry Reform bills or amendments in the Senate.

(For now, the voting is scheduled for December 15th, with some dispute over whether there will be a second day of voting on the 22nd).

"This antiquated 19th-century system of voting is absolutely unacceptable".