BALLOT in a Sentence
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25 example sentences for BALLOT, such as:
1. We balloted for the candidate.
2. He has tallied the result of the ballot.
3. The balloting was carried on in their caps.
4. The party leader is elected by secret ballot.
5. The new election of union shall be by secret ballot of members.
2. He has tallied the result of the ballot.
3. The balloting was carried on in their caps.
4. The party leader is elected by secret ballot.
5. The new election of union shall be by secret ballot of members.
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Meanings and Examples of BALLOT
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ballot
n. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
v. vote by ballot
Classic Sentence:
1 Let others burn with fury over the Yankee rule and losing the ballot.
2 Then there was the organization of Democrats who forgathered every Wednesday night to devise ways of regaining the ballot and Frank never missed a meeting.
3 Certainly she could observe no progress in the direction of the recovery of the ballot.
4 The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
5 In the Seleznevsky district Sviazhsky was elected unanimously without a ballot, and he gave a dinner that evening.
6 If, as at previous elections, all the districts asked the marshal of the province to stand, then he would be elected without a ballot.
7 The act said that in case of difference of opinion, there must be a ballot.
8 The ballot, which before he had looked upon as a visible sign of freedom, he now regarded as the chief means of gaining and perfecting the liberty with which war had partially endowed him.
9 The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned.
10 Frank went on to explain in his patient manner, but the idea that ballots could cure the trouble was too complicated for her to follow.
11 The secretary announced in a loud voice that the captain of the guards, Mihail Stepanovitch Snetkov, would now be balloted for as marshal of the province.
12 The balloting was carried on in their caps.
Example Sentence:
1 Under the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, elections are by secret ballot.
2 The party leader is elected by secret ballot.
3 OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's put it to the ballot.
4 There should be a seven-day cooling-off period between a strike ballot and industrial action.
5 He has tallied the result of the ballot.
6 Haider and his followers have been gradually building their support at the ballot box for the past decade.
7 The new election of union shall be by secret ballot of members.
8 The boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate's favor.
9 The manner of his election will have failed to impress, with a hugely inflated voters roll, the theft of ballot boxes by the army.
10 There was even a baby born in a polling station to an expectant mother determined that nothing would stop her from casting a ballot.
11 Aircraft carrying ballot boxes were shot at amid allegations of corruption and vote rigging.
12 Not enough paper ballots at the precinct is an administrative failure.
13 We balloted for the candidate.