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as in vote
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election
we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president
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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot
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House Bill 1221 would limit the validity of ballot initiative titles and petition signatures to the specific election cycle in which they are approved and gathered.
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Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Hey Ya! Outkast is the only hip-hop act on this year's ballot, a genre that has been honored each of the past five years.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
That is not permitted by Amendment 64, the 2012 ballot measure that legalized recreational sales statewide, which allows ballot measures to prohibit recreational sales only in even-year general elections.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, in 2012, a ballot measure crafted by then-Mayor Jerry Sanders, to remove all new employees (except police) from the city pension system and to freeze salary increases for five years, was put to a vote.
—Chris Brewster, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Hey Ya! Outkast is the only hip-hop act on this year's ballot, a genre that has been honored each of the past five years.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
That is not permitted by Amendment 64, the 2012 ballot measure that legalized recreational sales statewide, which allows ballot measures to prohibit recreational sales only in even-year general elections.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, in 2012, a ballot measure crafted by then-Mayor Jerry Sanders, to remove all new employees (except police) from the city pension system and to freeze salary increases for five years, was put to a vote.
—Chris Brewster, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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