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Nixon is among the increasing number of Black women who are running for statewide office up and down the ballot.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The county’s longtime ballot printer, Porterville-based ProVote Solutions, “has accepted full responsibility for the mistake,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Although responses to the referendum question were tallied first, there were nine other non-binding questions on Monday's ballot paper.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Official figures put turnout at just 38% of registered voters, while the proportion of all eligible voters who cast a ballot was even lower.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Although many of these antisuffrage sentiments may seem ludicrous to us today, they were taken seriously by those who felt threatened by the prospect of women attaining the ballot.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Surveys suggest that first-time voters here are highly motivated to cast their ballots, with more than 80% saying they are likely to do so.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Mail ballots are already in most voters’ hands, and Election Day is less than three weeks away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

At the end of the day, said Morales-Doyle, the most important thing voters can do is make plans to cast their ballots in ways they feel safe and secure.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Seventy-seven percent of registered voters cast ballots in the largest polling district of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra; 66% voted in the much smaller precinct of Dakhla-Oued Ed Dahab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

On election day I went into the polling booth and drew the curtain behind me and unfolded my ballots.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Staff at an East Dunbartonshire secondary school are being balloted on strike action over "serious health and safety concerns".

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Metropolitan Police staff are to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay, with a union claiming that civilian workers in the Met are treated as "second-class citizens".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

Resident doctors in England are already being balloted on strike action over pay.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025

And staff at the University of Edinburgh are also being balloted on strike action in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from its budget and fears of compulsory redundancies.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025

At the expiration of two years, ten of the commissioners are balloted out, and ten other of the inhabitants are made choice of, as their successors.

From A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Charles Pye

But Ms. Mansouri’s rise, while newsworthy, isn’t the most consequential result of the balloting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the first round of balloting in March, he finished slightly ahead of Paxton, 42.5% to 40.8%, but short of the 50% necessary to avoid a run-off.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

The 17-year veteran finished ahead of New England quarterback Drake Maye in balloting by a panel of 50 journalists who regularly cover the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

States have ultimate responsibility for voter registration rolls, the kind of machinery used to conduct balloting, the rules for contesting elections, laws prescribing how candidates qualify to appear on the ballot, and much more.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

The balloting proceeded without incident on a shining September morning.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende