That year's race was the first Grand Prix where grid positions were decided, as they are now, by practice time rather than the established method of balloting.
Registered Democrats have returned ballots at 25percentt over 2012 and Republicans are up only 6percentthereere has been a general increase over time of mail balloting in California).
Mr. Manchester explained that his opposition to same-sex marriage at the time of the ballot initiative was a matter of faith: "This really is a free-speech, First Amendment issue.
For voters, the most time-intensive part of balloting is deciding which candidate to like.
(The last time he talked of ballot rigging was in August, when Hillary Clinton opened up a big lead).
At the same time, a plethora of ballot initiatives has made ballots longer and more complex -- in Chicago, for instance, voters had 78 choices on Tuesday's ballot, voters in St . Louisfaced 37 decisions.
The Greek president has a largely ceremonial role, but if the government's candidate - ex-European commissioner Stavros Dimas - fails to attract the votes of at least 180 of 300 MPs by the time of the last of three ballots on December 29, national elections will be triggered.
In Kramer's other examples, too, the Constitution's meaning was settled, sometimes more enduringly than others, not overnight by judicial decree but over the stretch of time, through the struggle of ballots cast and blood shed, of minds changed and hearts won.
Still, if no serious Democratic contender jumps in next year, the party will have given a pass to Republicans at a time of upheaval up and down the ballot.
The first round of balloting was inconclusive.
