Example sentences for: ballot

How can you use “ballot” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • First of all, a large and growing proportion of Americans--about 50 percent of Washington state's electorate and a quarter of Californians--already mail in their votes via absentee ballot.

  • An initiative on the November ballot asks voters to approve slot machines and video poker, proceeds of which will be used "to build esteem" among the native peoples.

  • True, thanks to New York's absurd election laws, it's hard to get on the ballot unless you have the blessing of the party establishment.

  • USA Today slugs the story "Democrats Dash GOP Hopes," and its front-page "cover story" says yesterday brought "good news for the man who wasn't on the ballot," Bill Clinton.

  • If you've ever seen the once-disenfranchised standing in line all day to cast the first ballot of a lifetime in South Africa or Guatemala, it's hard not to be appalled at how cavalierly people treat voting in this country.


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