How to Use on the ballot in a Sentence

on the ballot

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  • All five candidates in the race have appeared on the ballot in the past.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Three spots on the Arkansas Supreme Court will be on the ballot in March.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The deadline to get a candidate on the ballot is Aug. 12.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Some of the newest voters in the race would have been two years old the last time her name appeared on the ballot.
    Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
  • Congress does not have the power to rewrite the 14th Amendment and tell the states who can be on the ballot.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Eighty supreme court seats in 33 states will be on the ballot in November.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • Taupin, 72, and Kooper, 79, have never been on the ballot.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • Jennifer Pace will be on the ballot but passed away from a heart attack.
    Nadia Scharf, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • Amore said there is no limit to how many names can appear on the ballot.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • So which Tarrant County races will be on the ballot again in May?
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Three candidates are on the ballot for the seat up for election on May 6.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Five of the nine Supreme Court seats are on the ballot next year, including chief justice.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 30 June 2023
  • Both states also have Senate seats valuable to Democrats that will be on the ballot in 2024.
    Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Holvey now has three days to decide whether to resign or appear on the ballot.
    Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Many of his competitors also plan to put their names on the ballot there this week, too.
    Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Forest Hills didn't have a levy on the ballot in November.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
  • Because of all that, if this were an election with anyone on the ballot who wasn't Trump, this would be a race about change.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Maybe even the longtime snub by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where they have never even been included on the ballot, is next.
    Roy Trakin, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Ashcroft was charged with writing summaries to appear on the ballot.
    Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Schlosberg is planning to cross out every name on the ballot.
    Kim Hjelmgaard and Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Three of the five San Diego City Council members on the ballot have no opponent at all.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
  • In that case, the special election would be held in November 2024, at the same time when Casey is scheduled to be on the ballot.
    oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Even when the Democrat Party leaders had a vote, Harris was the only name on the ballot.
    Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • School-board seats also will be on the ballot in November.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Even now, the party could (and may) adopt rule changes that shift the process for identifying who appears on the ballot.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • Deegan, who was one of two Democrats on the ballot, was the top vote-getter during the first round of voting in March, winning 39%.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 16 May 2023
  • That left Tempe and the Coyotes with just two choices: either put the deal on the ballot themselves or wait for someone else to do it.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Half of Republicans in the state House did not even face an opponent on the ballot in 2022.
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The state's high court ruled in July that the measure will indeed be on the ballot, affirming a lower court ruling from June.
    Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
  • People Over Party, the group Hamrick is affiliated with, had tried to get West on the ballot.
    Brian Slodysko and Dan Merica, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024

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