ballot

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If a voter’s eligibility is in doubt, local officials aren’t allowed to throw a ballot out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“You should never be mailing your ballot on election day,” Purcell told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He received 429 votes of 584 cast by MPs, a parliament official said after ballot counting was finished.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The order calls for extensive rulemaking by both DHS and USPS, and complicated implementation rules for the states, including rules related to the types of envelopes states must use and forms of ballot tracking.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

In the end, the crisis passed when, on the thirty-sixth ballot, the House voted Jefferson into office.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis