Used in print

An adverse vote of 81 to 65 kept in the State_Affairs_Committee a bill which would order the referendum on the April 4 ballot , when Texas votes on a U.S. senator .

The proposal would have to receive final legislative approval , by two-thirds majorities , before March 1 to be printed on the April 4 ballot , Roberts said .

Opponents generally argued that the ballot could n't give enough information about tax proposals for the voters to make an intelligent choice .

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document absentee_ballot

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vote voting balloting

Examples

"there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"

Used in print

Five per_cent of the voters in each county must sign petitions requesting that the Republicans be allowed to place names of candidates on the general_election ballot , or The Republicans must hold a primary under the county unit system - a system which the party opposes in its platform .

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choice veto write-in secret_ballot straight_ticket casting_vote block_vote split_ticket multiple_voting vote vote

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"The voters were balloting in this state"

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vote