Sentence examples for were invalidated because from inspiring English sources

Other votes were invalidated because paper tabs called chads did not properly detach from ballot cards.

Once again, many of the votes were invalidated because they were postmarked after Election Day or had no postmark.

In addition, 19,120 ballots were invalidated because voters in the county had mistakenly voted for two presidential candidates.

Koštunica won the most votes in elections for the Serbian presidency in 2002, but the results were invalidated because of low voter turnout.

Mr. Espada is seeking in court to have Mr. Diaz's candidacy voided, saying that if Ms. Castillo's nominating petitions were invalidated because of her residency, then any substitution for her should also be considered invalid.

The Packer Collegiate Institute, a Brooklyn private school where the SAT scores of 199 students were invalidated because of serious violations with the test's administration, will be allowed to continue serving as an SAT testing site starting in June.

Masai leaders say the agreement ought to be invalidated because their predecessors were clearly taken advantage of by the white settlers.

"Proposition 8 must be invalidated because the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification," Mr. Brown said in a statement.

Ms. Katz said that yesterday's test should be invalidated because of the answer sheet problem and that teachers should make promotion decisions on their professional judgment.

It is the second time Hunt has approved the mine after his previous decision was invalidated because he had not considered its impact on two vulnerable reptile species.

She insisted that a vote taken that night -- on whether the city should hold elections by mail -- be invalidated because the whisper occurred during public debate.