on the ballot

Back in June, when campaigning kicked off, Lula told the nation that without him there would be a void on the ballot papers.

Conversely, turnout may rise when the race between candidates is considered to be very close or controversial issues are on the ballot.

In the general election, voters make the final determination from among the party candidates listed on the ballot.

By the time he was done, Obama's was the only name left on the ballot.

"If that's how you want it, " I said. "we'll put all out hopes on the ballot. "

These deep divisions are the legacy of a man whose name will not appear on the ballot in November.

The four Europeans on the ballot, including the first woman to be considered, Norway's Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, trailed badly.

To put the vote on the ballot the traditional way, Mr Brown needs a supermajority (two-thirds) in the legislature.

"Where you see a hat [on the ballot], tick, " Museveni recently told voters in the Pallisa region of Uganda.

In fact, we apparently like to see the familiar presidential names on the ballot, Justin wrote.

He may not be on the ballot this year, but mid-terms are in large part a referendum on the president.

Nader said he expects to do better this time and will work to get his name on the ballot in all 50 states.

Perhaps half a dozen other states may see a constitutional amendment blocking Obamacare on the ballot in November.

Every Saturday morning, she and Davila knocked on doors for petition signatures that would put Barack on the ballot.

Democrats hope the presence of such initiatives on the ballot will lure their supporters to the polls.

Confused and bored by the wonky and tangled wording on the ballot, most voters ignored the election entirely.

Under AV voters would be invited to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference.

One is simplicity: voters place a cross next to one name on the ballot, the candidate who secures the most crosses wins.

Besides, Mr Arman and the other politicians supposedly boycotting the election still appear on the ballot papers.

States vary in the number of signatures they require to place an initiative on the ballot.

A party logo must be registered before writ day to appear on the ballot paper.

In some jurisdictions, the order of the candidates and parties on the ballot has to be randomly assigned.

That means the parliament approved the routine budget bill that was on the ballot, but only because 321 lawmakers abstained from voting.

His immediate challenge will be to collect the two million signatures he needs to get on the ballot by mid-January.

This year the candidates' names will be printed on the ballot forms, and voters must ink in ovals beside their choices.

The council could also place its own initiatives on the ballot.

And finally, a request for Sunday hunting on the ballot in six counties in West Virginia was defeated.

Palmer rushed to obtain enough petition signatures to win a spot on the ballot.

He was not on the ballot, but his supporters urged participants to write his name in all the same.

The 120 players on the ballot were selected by a panel of media experts who regularly cover the NBA.

When it was on the ballot in 2008, voters approved the ban by a margin of 52% to 48%.

She should take easy. Just getting on the ballot is a good experience.

Even in left-tilting Washington, voters in 2010 rejected (by nearly 2 to 1) a state income tax placed on the ballot by Bill Gates Sr.

He pins some hopes on the party's high position on the ballot paper.

This time some of them might not even get on the ballot.

But even that is small change compared with the cost of the media campaign that ensues once a measure is on the ballot.

It wasn't a black group that put Prop 8 on the ballot, and paid the signature-gatherers and bankrolled the ads.

Mr Sestak's presence on the ballot may help the Democratic turnout.

In Beijing, for the first time in more than two decades, people got their names on the ballot papers without official backing.

Dozens of state initiatives were also on the ballot.

Twenty four days from now the American dream is on the ballot.

Mr Bloomberg is not even on the ballot.

Trouble is, there will be no generic Democrat on the ballot in November.

How is the logo reproduced on the ballot paper?

The 120 names on the ballot (60 in each conference) were selected by a media panel.

The seal on the ballot box have is tamper with.

Mission Hills Resort on the ballot selection to the fore, once again the "Best Golf Hotels degree" of honor in the bag.

Nearly 4, 000 candidates from more than 50 parties were on the ballot across Nepal, Thursday.

I went to Busan, a number of incense, one had no choice but cold-faced, not on the ballot.