How to Use on the ballot in a Sentence

on the ballot

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  • All five candidates in the race have appeared on the ballot in the past.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Schools may not have more than one of their students on the ballot each week.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Schools may not have more than one of their students on the ballot each week.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Three spots on the Arkansas Supreme Court will be on the ballot in March.
    — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The deadline to get a candidate on the ballot is Aug. 12.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Some of the newest voters in the race would have been two years old the last time her name appeared on the ballot.
    — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
  • Congress does not have the power to rewrite the 14th Amendment and tell the states who can be on the ballot.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Eighty supreme court seats in 33 states will be on the ballot in November.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • Taupin, 72, and Kooper, 79, have never been on the ballot.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • Jennifer Pace will be on the ballot but passed away from a heart attack.
    — Nadia Scharf, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • Amore said there is no limit to how many names can appear on the ballot.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • So which Tarrant County races will be on the ballot again in May?
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Three candidates are on the ballot for the seat up for election on May 6.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Five of the nine Supreme Court seats are on the ballot next year, including chief justice.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 30 June 2023
  • All judges on the ballot this year met the commission's standards.
    — Jeremy Duda, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Both states also have Senate seats valuable to Democrats that will be on the ballot in 2024.
    — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Holvey now has three days to decide whether to resign or appear on the ballot.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Many of his competitors also plan to put their names on the ballot there this week, too.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And Democrats have to defend 23 seats out of the 33 Senate seats on the ballot around the country this November.
    — CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Forest Hills didn't have a levy on the ballot in November.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
  • Because of all that, if this were an election with anyone on the ballot who wasn't Trump, this would be a race about change.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Maybe even the longtime snub by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where they have never even been included on the ballot, is next.
    — Roy Trakin, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Ashcroft was charged with writing summaries to appear on the ballot.
    — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Schlosberg is planning to cross out every name on the ballot.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard and Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Three of the five San Diego City Council members on the ballot have no opponent at all.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
  • In that case, the special election would be held in November 2024, at the same time when Casey is scheduled to be on the ballot.
    — oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Even when the Democrat Party leaders had a vote, Harris was the only name on the ballot.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • School-board seats also will be on the ballot in November.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Nearly eight years after all this took place, Trump, whose representatives did not respond to a request for comment, is on the ballot again, with new potential liquidity concerns on the horizon.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • By state statute, a public investment impact disclosure must appear on the ballot itself alongside the initiative, briefly describing the public investments that the measure will affect.
    — Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024

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