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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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Recent Examples of ballot
Petition passing to get on the March primary ballot begins next month.
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A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
The city’s mayoral race is a ranked choice election in which all candidates compete on the same ballot regardless of party.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 July 2025
The two other candidates who have qualified to appear on the preliminary ballot, community activist Domingos DaRosa and former School Committee member Robert Cappucci, are far behind at just 3% and 1%, respectively, the poll found.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 21 July 2025
Prop 2 is a statewide ballot measure California voters passed in 2008 that created welfare mandates for farm animals such as egg-laying hens.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
The city’s mayoral race is a ranked choice election in which all candidates compete on the same ballot regardless of party.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 July 2025
The two other candidates who have qualified to appear on the preliminary ballot, community activist Domingos DaRosa and former School Committee member Robert Cappucci, are far behind at just 3% and 1%, respectively, the poll found.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 21 July 2025
Prop 2 is a statewide ballot measure California voters passed in 2008 that created welfare mandates for farm animals such as egg-laying hens.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Speaking of voting, the Milwaukee County Zoo hosted a vote online to name its newish Humboldt penguin chick.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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After a record-long procedural vote to set up floor debate that lasted nine hours, the longest in the House’s history — it was eventually passed late on Wednesday.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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On this day in 1848, the women’s suffrage movement began at its earnest in the United States with the first ever women’s rights convention held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
2 May 2025
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The holiday was even adopted by proponents of the women’s suffrage movement, Antolini added.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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