Sentence examples for volume of ballots from inspiring English sources

They don't have a lot of money, and they're asked to do the impossible every election; and we're surprised there are slow counts of ballots?" Some California polling places were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of ballots in a year when voter enthusiasm was stimulated by competitive campaigns.

BBC reporters were told by officials at the time the delays were caused by the sheer volume of ballot papers and problems verifying the postal vote.

Mary Pitcaithly wrote: "With the current processes and volumes of ballots, particularly postal votes, it is unlikely to be in the early hours as might have been the experience in previous elections.

One indication of the intense interest in the race came in the volume of absentee ballots.

The sheer volume of absentee ballots counted would be used for years to come as justification for investigating the election.

About 70percentt of provisional ballots were counted, but 30percentt weren't -- a percentage on par with the rest of the country, but the sheer volume of provisional ballots in Maricopa County means that tens of thousands of earnest voters will see their votes essentially trashed each election cycle.

With more than 90percentt of the nation's votes tabulated by the members of the Election Technology Council, the sheer volume of available ballot transactions that have been successfully recorded since the 2004 general election easily breaches the one billion mark, yet these successes are somehow overlooked.

Other parts of Iowa are growing, too, so this is only a partial explanation for the relatively higher volume of absentee ballot requests.

An unofficial estimate puts the announcement between 6.30am and 7.30am, but given the volume of people voting – over four million ballots to be counted – it may be much later on the Friday that we learn the precise result.

Indeed, many people will hold their ballot, and we will see the highest volume of early voting the week before Election Day.

The volume of early voting will thus likely exceed 2008, when 1.85 million mail ballots were cast.