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ballot
ballot Object used to cast a vote, or process of voting in an election. The word derives from the Italian
ballotta (little ball) and since 5th-century
bc Athens, balls have been used to cast votes. Today, the ballot is a sheet (or sheets) of paper, although in some countries voting machines are used to register votes.
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72,058 ballots not returned
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...that all unreturned ballot papers are postal ballots papers, this means...8 per cent of postal ballot papers were not returned...was impossible for the ballots to be tampered with...while it was in the ballot bag, because the key...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Ballots from around the state
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/3/2002; ; 491 words
; 00-00-0000 Ballots from around the state THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 10-03...The following is a list of counties that have mailed absentee ballots, printed machine ballots, or printed sample ballots for the Nov. 5 election. Information...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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BALLOTS GONE ASTRAY?
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...elevator to take all the ballots from the Schererville...Vukos' absentee ballot is one of those being...applications for absentee ballots, each Drljaca family...asked that their ballot be mailed to a Crown...Signatures on 11 absentee ballot applications from...signatures on the absentee ...
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Ballot Now Absentee Voting System a Success for Five Kentucky Counties During May 18th Primary Election.
Business Wire; 6/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...ballot printing orders and wasted, unused ballots. Unlike other systems, Ballot Now does not require ballots to be preprinted nor do Ballot Now ballots require special ballot paper with preformatted "ovals" or...
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Florida ballots still have design flaws, experts say.(The Orlando Sentinel)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the bottom of some ballots using optical-scan systems where a paper ballot is fed into a machine...right sides of the ballot instead of the front...error, not only on ballots, but also in testing...that poorly designed ballots and ambiguous or...misinterpret the ballot are ...
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Military ballots no 'emergency'; Some soldiers overseas still wait.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...in its absentee-ballot system and the U...in handling the ballots, despite complaints...t receive their ballots in time, the Pentagon...write-in absentee ballot that can be downloaded...17,000 absentee ballots were scrapped this...Ralph Nader off the ballot for submitting bogus...
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 "Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)")
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Ballot count still up in air.
Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); 9/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...officials to disregard the ballots, which mostly arrived from...is re lying on to reject the ballots is unconstitutional, under...unfortunate when someone offers their ballot and it's not accepted...the order to disregard the ballots stands. "We have to follow...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Ballot procedures spark partisan controversy; To lessen confusion over absentee ballots, DFL officials and the secretary of state are scrutinizing state law.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the top of supplemental ballots for the U.S. Senate...not continue to receive ballots bearing Wellstone's name, and that supplemental ballot directions to mark...lines further down the ballot is the direction, in...the new U.S. Senate ballots. She also said that...
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 "Lincolnwood Review (IL)")
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Ballot errors could be checked at polls
Newspaper article from: Lincolnwood Review (IL); 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...is an error in their ballots - and have the chance...new one. Features in ballot counters used in both...Chicago that will check ballots as they are submitted...suburban Cook County. New ballot counters were purchased...is an error in their ballots, for example if they...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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BOULDER BALLOTS EYED OFFICIALS, PRINTERS EXAMINE FLAWS THAT SLOWED VOTE COUNT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...error that distorted bar codes on paper ballots is being blamed for delays that made this...company are examining flaws in thousands of ballots that slowed the vote count to a crawl. County Clerk Linda Salas said Monday the bad ballots were distributed at random, cropping...
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Ballot
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...The Australian ballot was the exact opposite...the earlier party ballots. It was prepared...parties on the same ballot instead of on separate ballots, and it was secret...in the American ballot system. Reforms...of computerized ballots, were under review...
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Ballots
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Ballots A ballot is a device for casting...individuals voted. Secret ballots were first introduced...the term Australian ballot is still often used...format. On a spoiled ballot, the choice(s...electoral systems and ballots featuring more contests...
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ballot
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...depositories into which the ballots are put. The ballot was used in Athens...elected governors by ballot after 1634; corn...occasionally used as ballots. Early American ballots were known as "papers" : the name ballot does not occur in...
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Buys Ballot, Christoph Hendrik Diederik
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Buys Ballot, Christoph Hendrik Diederik ( b . Kloetinge...chemistry . The son of Anthony Jacobus Buys Ballot, Dutch Reformed minister, and Geertruida Fran ç oise Lix Raaven, Buys Ballot attended the Gymnasium at Zaltbommel and...
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Massachusetts Ballot
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...date the Salem church used the ballot in choosing a pastor. By 1634 the ballot was used in electing the governor...by papers," that is, by ballots. Paper being scarce, kernels...The Australian, or secret, ballot was introduced into the United...
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