ballot
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With about 10% of the vote counted, Platner had about 75%, compared with 18.6% for Mills, whose name remained on the ballot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The WOW-funded campaign directly discloses that they oppose the billboard blight ballot initiative in financial filings with the California secretary of state.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Multiple US media outlets, including CNN and NBC News, projected Raman had secured enough votes to advance to the runoff despite the primary ballot count remaining ongoing.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
By Friday afternoon, California voters still didn’t know which candidates for governor and Los Angeles mayor would be on the November ballot.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Despite the suffragists’ steadfast effort, only a handful of states had even considered the suffrage issue on a state ballot.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Academy Awards, List 1
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