ballot
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The Seoul race was marred by ballot shortages that disrupted voting and prompted calls for the election to be annulled.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Wong said she hoped the ballot measure vote would galvanize the opposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
In the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, with 55% of the vote reporting Republican Steve Hilton had a slight lead over Democrat Xavier Becerra for the two spots on the November ballot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“We’re going to wait till every ballot is counted. We’re going to give democracy a time to work, and we know we finished really strong,” Steyer said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
California voters also came very close to banning the death penalty; the ballot initiative lost by only a couple of percentage points.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing ballot
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Academy Awards, List 1
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