Sentence examples for until the third ballot from inspiring English sources

The format was not approved until the third ballot, and only after voting rules were changed and several companies abstained.

It was not until the ninth ballot that the Democrats turned their sights to James K. Polk, a less prominent candidate who supported annexation.

"Jerusalem" was triumphant on the third ballot.

On a second ballot the gap between Seward and Lincoln narrowed, and Lincoln was subsequently nominated on the third ballot.

But on the third ballot at the 1932 convention, Garner released his delegates to Roosevelt, who then captured the required two-thirds vote on the fourth ballot.

On the third ballot Pennsylvania put him over the top.

The third ballot saw Bland still in the lead, but Bryan took the lead on the fourth ballot.

In "The Plot," the Convention is deadlocked until, on the twentieth ballot, the weary electors receive a surprise visit.

If no one candidate gained a majority of first-preference votes, second preferences of the candidate who came last on the first ballot would be redistributed until someone reached the 50% threshold.

He was nominated by the party convention on the sixth ballot, and was, serving until 1861.

"At least, not on the first ballot.