Sentence examples for won a ballot from inspiring English sources

But same-sex marriage has never won a ballot referendum.

Same-sex marriage has never won a ballot referendum, but that may soon change.

Smith's campaign received a fillip on Wednesday when he was endorsed by the GMB union after he won a ballot of its members, 60%to40%0%.

See articleIn Mexico, Alejandro Encinas, an ally of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the narrow loser of the last presidential election, won a ballot for the leadership of the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution, the main opposition.

One person assumed to have dwelt long and hard on that question is the other, even more venerable Republican senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, who has been in office since 1977.On Saturday Mr Hatch survived the test that undid Mr Bennett: he won a ballot for the nomination at the state's Republican convention.

On August 4th Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, won a ballot in the Chamber of Deputies in a first test of his parliamentary standing after a quirky, incomplete but potentially lethal rebellion in the ranks of his party.The lower house voted by 299 to 229 in the government's favour.

Falconer said he would try to bring back his assisted dying bill if he wins a ballot for private members to put forward legislation in the House of Lords.

Assuming the election takes place on the existing rules, there is an outside possibility that Mr Clarke could come a respectable second in the MPs' vote and go on to win a ballot of party members against Mr Davis.

Mr. Trumka also voiced confidence that labor would win a ballot initiative in Michigan, known as Proposal 2, that would enshrine collective bargaining rights in that state's Constitution.

When Mr. McCain was still seeking signatures on a petition to win a ballot spot, Mr. Martinelli told party leaders, "I could get 50 to 100 signatures just by calling my family".

"They thought they would have to throw a lot of money into [defeating a ballot initiative]." In the other camp, the unions thought that they could win a ballot initiative – but also knew that their resources to fight a protracted campaign for such an initiative were limited.