the ballot

For the moment, across Europe, there is no party of the far right or the far left that looks close to winning power through the ballot box.

Now we see that what civilian government wants to do in Turkey can only be checked at the ballot box, not the generals anymore.

The vote date of a ballot delivered by mail shall be the date on which the ballot was posted as evidenced by the postmark.

Accompanying the ballot papers shall be any information provided by the candidates to the General Manager regarding their candidacy.

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

If young people seem to be rejecting Islam at the ballot box, many seem to be more devout in their private lives.

Mark the ballot by writing an 'X' in the circle beside the name of your chosen candidate. Then, put the ballot in the ballot box.

The ballot-rigging turned that support into a mass protest against the system itself.

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.

Don't you know -- I disagree with Lomax on this issue -- that the ballot is more important than the dollar?

He no longer faces any trial at the ballot box, and is not even intent on securing the presidency for his vice-president.

With a huge worldwide television audience tuning in and the Hollywood elite in attendance, the ballot process requires complete secrecy.

They realize that their future is wrapped up in a special package--the ballot box.

Typically, local officials exploit the requirement to kick democratic candidates off the ballot, claiming signatures have been forged.

Elected politicians are going to pay a terrible price at the ballot box for offering to foot any of the bill.

The ballot count is underway in a crucial primary election in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania.

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. "

Why are the French so fed up and so ready to protest at the ballot box?

But only candidates proposed by the incumbent board make it on to the ballot that the firm sends to shareholders.

If a candidate decides to withdraw after the deadline, it may be too late to have the name removed from the ballot administratively .

One political answer might be to return to the ballot boxes, by holding a referendum to approve an application to join the EU.

Known as spoiling the ballot, it is a tactic common in this region when voters do not support the process or the candidates.

At the ballot box, politicians that do not meet, or respond to, the needs of society suffer popular rejection.

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

The ballot code has an arbitrary length and is generated randomly to help prevent manipulation.

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

The secrecy requirement for the ballot may be waived, subject to a unanimous decision by the Board.

In Maine opponents of gay marriage overturned a state law at the ballot box that would have allowed same-sex nuptials.

Mr Allawi says the National Alliance tried to remove some of his allies from the ballot the night before the poll.

His people were asking for guns, he said, but he promised them the ballot box.

Obama at the ballot box. 'President Obama gave us reasonable belief that he would enforce our trade laws, ' said USW spokesman Gary Hubbard.

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

With a trio of victories under his Andean hat, Mr Morales can feel secure about his popularity at the ballot box.

Mr Rudd says if he wins the ballot tomorrow he will not be giving ground to the right on issues like climate change and asylum seekers.

No one can be certain that if Islamists gain power they will give it up at the ballot box, but secular rulers sometimes fail that test.

So only a few countries give voters Swiss-style rights to take their own proposals to the ballot box.

Iraqi Sunnis in general feel he is trying to flout the people's will expressed at the ballot box.

Mr Rudd would not speculate whether Ms Gillard would stay on as Deputy PM if she lost the ballot tomorrow.

Winning candidates piled up huge victories on high turnouts in places where the ballot papers had never even arrived.

Each places a folded ballot onto a small desk, and then the ballot is dropped into a chalice.

Unfortunately for Thai democracy, it's a question that's unlikely to be answered through the ballot box alone.

It is essential that Africa as a whole gets used to the idea that ruling parties bow out when they are rejected at the ballot box.

If no candidate wins a majority in the first round, the two front-runners from the ballot qualify for a decisive second round on May 6.

When the head of the armed forces refused to carry out an order to distribute the ballot papers, the president sacked him.

After four years of constant defeats at the ballot box, Mr Morales's foes will need to find new ways to challenge him.

"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.

Yet the foremost way in which religion has expressed itself around the world has been more peaceful: the ballot box.

They are being forced into prostitution , and they are being barred from the bank lending offices and banned from the ballot box.

Unions have collected enough signatures in Ohio to get a measure to reinstate collective bargaining onto the ballot this November.

Thousands of signature-gatherers are now on the streets of California to get some 74 initiatives qualified for the ballot in November.

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

After years of struggle they finally gained the ballot.

But their battle with him will be at the ballot box.

To deny anyone or any group the ballot lessens its importance, for the individual and for the community.

With Democratic voters depressed and Mr Obama off the ballot, reversals are inevitable.

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

But Hamas is banking on Egypt's Muslim Brothers soon coming to power, perhaps in a coalition, by the ballot box.

Supporters of the ballot question have used the disputed new study to push their campaign for required GMO labeling in California.

Mr. Obama said some lawmakers might feel that differences can be settled only by voters at the ballot box.

But the mere fact of the ballot's existence is an astonishing victory for legalisation advocates.

split tickets in the ballot box, voting for Republicans for some offices and for Democrats for other positions.

Never mind the ballot box: vote with your supermarket trolley instead.

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

Unions have collected enough signatures inOhioto get a measure to reinstate collective bargaining onto the ballot this November.

The vehement reaction to the usual practice of stuffing the ballot boxes was also unexpected.

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

By raising poor citizens' voice, through the ballot box and making information widely available.

Mr Schwarzenegger has proposed suspending a spending formula that voters explicitly chose at the ballot box.

Because states still controlled voting, women began by lobbying state legislatures for the ballot.

Preventing moderate Islamists from gaining power at the ballot box only encourages extreme ones to seek it by violence.

The most ardent advocates of capitalism claim that the market, not the ballot box, is the real democratic forum.

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.

We didn't make the ballot on the first two days. "Let's give it another day, " he said.

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

Despite the troubles, the conservative party of the pro-Western Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is expected to win the ballot.

More people have gone to the ballot box, but too many governments still fail to protect the rights of their people.

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

Now Lincoln's victory at the ballot box threatens this traditional way of life, the slavery it is built on.

Some protestors had called for voters to stay away from the ballot box yesterday.

Whatever the doubts, the ballot boxes are being flown to the provinces, trucks, helicopters anddonkeysdonkeys will deliver them.

There is limited accountability through the agency of the media; through the ballot box it remains non-existent.

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.

The American people's message at the ballot box was loud and clear, and it is past time that the administration listened.

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

Other quick count surveys also put President Susilo on top of the ballot counting, which avoids the second run-off.

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

Supporters of the ballot measure say people believe in the institution of marriage.

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.

It concludes with the phrase, "Voting is a pleasure" , after she puts her voting slip in the ballot box.

Residents say they had threatened to boycott the ballot if police were sent in during the polls.

But he remains popular, and his loyalists in the People's Power Party (PPP) romped home at the ballot box last December.

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

But California, where such matters inevitably go to the ballot box, is likely to be its most spectacular front.

As Nagasaki shows, the Japanese have learned to exact summary justice at the ballot-box.

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

Democracy barely counts, as even parties thumped at the ballot box return to office.

Give us the ballot and we will no longer plead to the federal government for passage of an anti-lynching law . . .

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

The ballot-tallying problems associated with the 2000 election obscured some very important issues.

Several factors explain this surge in enthusiasm for the ballot box.

Voters decide many big issues directly through the ballot box.

That makes it unpredictable. Military officers may use the ballot to jostle for power.

What percentage of the population can read the ballot papers?

On election day, June 4, 1989, Solidarity was far from sure of winning. But we were very well prepared for the battle at the ballot box.

But as important as elections are, democracy is not just about the ballot box.

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

Tunisia has never experienced a transition in power at the ballot box.

That despite election officials saying the ballot totals from individual polling sites have not yet reached the capital.

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

a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot.

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

If another player wishes to run for mayor they can add their name at any time to the ballot box to run against the incumbent.

After the first round of match. the ballot result avails chinese football team in good position.

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

Moreover, in 2010 voters will return to the ballot box for the Diet's less powerful upper house.

Without one, the LDP will continue to get pummeled at the ballot box.

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.

Their efforts led to enormous progress -- millions upon millions of women have since used the power of the ballot to help shape our country.

In my little humble way of understanding it, it points toward either the ballot or the bullet.

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

Her daughter and a friend put an American flag behind her bed and helped her fill out 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.

The ballot is put into an optical scanner, which decodes the 2D encryption, reads the tick marksaccordingly and registers the vote.

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

They packed the ballot with dummy candidates to split the vote .

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

MPs' biggest concern is that voters are so disgusted by the expenses scandal that they will abandon the ballot box entirely.

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

Men may settle this and other questions at the ballot-box, but you have no such right.

Would the introduction of the ballot-box into China make the Chinese a democratic people, and fit them for republican rule?

claiming Mr Chen rigged the ballot and demanding an immediate recount or a new election.

In 1981, he failed to get on to the ballot.

Dozens of state initiatives were also on the ballot.

HAS the supermarket trolley dethroned the ballot box?

The ballot shall state the return deadline date.

The ballot was rigged to favour the junta's candidates.

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

In subsequent amendments, the ballot was extended to women and to 18-year-olds, and the poll tax abolished.

"The real solution to the economic malaise is the ballot box, " she says.

Give us the ballot and we will fill our legislative halls with men of good will . . .

For further proof, look no further than the ballot results for JSR 299, Web Beans (see Resources).

Mr Bloomberg is not even on the ballot.

The Vote button will disappear once the ballot has been cast.

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

How is the logo reproduced on the ballot paper?

The ballot is stronger than bullets.

Give us the ballot and we will place judges on the benches of the South who will do justly and love mercy . . .

Because he is the ballot winner; therefore he is a team leader in the First Team.

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

The ballot was managed by KPMG, BHP's auditor.

But where the young outnumber the old, they can hope to secure a better fate through the ballot box.

The seal on the ballot box have is tamper with.

Where the old outnumber the young, they can use the ballot box to their advantage, instead.

If they did better than that, perhaps even winning power at the ballot box, some fear they might never let go.

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

There is little doubt in my view that a higher fees policy would cost a party valuable votes at the ballot box.

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

It is a crime to stuff the ballot box.

When, ahead of upper-house elections last year, Mr Kan unexpectedly discussed a tax increase, voters punished the DPJ at the ballot box.

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

As only few than half the parents took part in the ballot, the vote was declared invalid.

She won 58. 8% of the ballot.

Rising property prices are also raising concerns in Hong Kong, where there could be consequences at the ballot box.

What we see now is that most people in Central Europe have more trust in the market than in the ballot box.

she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot

And here, in this first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot;

On the first round of the ballot

Open the ballot box and count the ballots