I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strike ballot British English (= when workers vote on whether to strike )
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The union is going to hold a strike ballot.
absentee ballot
ballot box
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The people have expressed their views through the ballot box.
ballot paper
ballot rigging
postal ballot
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Candidates are chosen by a postal ballot of all party members.
secret ballot
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The chairman was elected by secret ballot.
spoiled ballot papers (= ones that have been marked incorrectly and so cannot be counted )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absentee
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Buchanan and the pundits credit Forbes' early use of absentee ballots .
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Although the exit polls predicted a very close race, they could not measure early or absentee ballots .
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She insisted that the boys vote as Avonites by absentee ballot and send the envelopes to her for transmittal to polling officials.
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An absentee ballot was counted in that race and moved the candidates further apart.
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You can also get an absentee ballot within three days if your application is received before Oct. 28.
postal
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Should both sides of a case be heard before the postal ballot ?
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Can anyone think of a way of proposing amendments before the postal ballot without the wasted expense of additional mailings?
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The electricians are holding a postal ballot with the results announced after Christmas.
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The blasted Fabian Society was insisting on a postal ballot of all its members there.
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Will there be a postal ballot ?
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He was appointed by postal ballot and takes up his new responsibilities in July.
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Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union are taking part in a postal ballot after a breakdown of pay negotiations.
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Daily Mail journalists voted for industrial action over plans not to recognise the National Union of Journalists in a postal ballot .
presidential
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Just 4. 4 percent of the 80, 000 presidential nominating ballots sent to party members were returned.
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Gramm is still on the presidential ballot here, and he is advertising on television for his Senate re-election campaign.
primary
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Stephanopoulos turned thirty-one as New Hampshire voters cast their primary ballots .
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It will appear on the March 26 statewide primary ballot .
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Last week, you officially became a candidate for the White House when you appeared on the primary ballot in California.
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But when Silicon Valley executives bankrolled a trio of anti-lawyer initiatives on the March primary ballot , trial lawyers rebounded.
secret
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On Oct. 27 the central committee proposed that multi-candidate elections with secret ballots be obligatory.
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An election by secret ballot shall be held. 3.
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Pawar called for an election of the parliamentary party leader by secret ballot .
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The secret ballot gave these students their first free opportunity to express opposition.
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The President would be elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a five-year term.
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Under the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, elections are by secret ballot .
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Gorbachev's re-election as general secretary Gorbachev was re-elected general secretary on July 10 by secret ballot .
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In a secret ballot of reporters who have covered both, Dole would probably defeat President Clinton.
■ NOUN
box
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Only the last two ballot boxes overturned his lead.
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Accordingly, that liberty need not seek refuge at the ballot box .
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I would like my vote to be 100 percent secret between me and the ballot box .
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Haider and his followers have been gradually building their support at the ballot box for the past decade.
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In the meantime, the Polytechnic will still use old-fashioned ballot boxes .
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Another ballot box was available at the central library.
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The one thing politicians care about more than anything else is the ballot box .
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She went to the ballot box touching her hat.
paper
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Also on the ballot paper was the one candidate, Lucy Courtney, for the post of senior vice-president.
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Pupils will cast their ballot papers in mock polling booths before school and at morning break on the day.
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Why did that county have that weird ballot paper ?
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Antiquated equipment, badly designed ballot papers and inefficient vote-counting machinery contributed to the confusion.
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They called into question various electoral procedures including the drawing up of electoral lists and the issuing of ballot papers .
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But voters could have another choice on their ballot papers .
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If you want to vote by post give the full address where your ballot paper should be sent.
strike
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But unions would be effectively debarred from holding a strike ballot in support of workers already sacked for taking part in unofficial strikes.
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The unions are already holding a strike ballot because they fear compulsory redundancies.
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The union also voted for a further strike ballot on the new contracts.
■ VERB
appear
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Fulani's minor-party ticket will appear on the November ballot in nearly all 50 states.
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Eventually, 16 names will appear on the ballot .
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Candidates did not have to gather any signatures of voters or pay any sort of fee to appear on the ballot .
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Last week, you officially became a candidate for the White House when you appeared on the primary ballot in California.
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The question will appear on the ballot as Prop 107.
cast
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He praised the smooth running of the election, and denied reports that people had been forced to cast their ballots .
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The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots , leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
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In Gampola, a United National Party candidate said that when he went to vote, some one had already cast his ballot .
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Just four Republicans cast ballots for some one other than Gingrich, six short of the number needed to block his selection.
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Theyaccount for nearly one-fifth of the electorate, and will cast the deciding ballots in many constituencies.
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Less than half of the voting-age population cast a ballot in November.
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Some middle-class voters have supported the Labour Party and about one-third of working-class voters have traditionally cast their ballots for Conservative candidates.
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Stephanopoulos turned thirty-one as New Hampshire voters cast their primary ballots .
count
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Dishonest counting and ballot stuffing are not countenanced.
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We will have a portable computer down there election night to count the ballots .
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And after his death, it never occurred to anyone that maybe one day the government would count the ballots .
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Fortunately, every state has rules on how those votes are counted and which ballots are considered legal.
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Marcos, who counted the ballots , declared himself the winner.
decide
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Theyaccount for nearly one-fifth of the electorate, and will cast the deciding ballots in many constituencies.
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In the 1994 statewide elections, voters decided nearly 150 ballot initiatives.
elect
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The six teachers are all elected by a ballot of all teaching staff.
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The new ministers were elected by an open ballot enbloc.
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With the Second Ballot the winning candidate must poll more than half the votes to be elected at the first ballot .
hold
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But unions would be effectively debarred from holding a strike ballot in support of workers already sacked for taking part in unofficial strikes.
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The electricians are holding a postal ballot with the results announced after Christmas.
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The club thought the fairest way to decide which disabled fans went to Wembley was to hold a ballot .
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The unions are already holding a strike ballot because they fear compulsory redundancies.
qualify
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To qualify for the ballot , Perot and Lamm each had to get at least 10 percent of the votes cast.
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The Natural Law Party qualified for the ballot last December.
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Organizers need the valid signatures of 480, 000 voters by April 19 to qualify for the November ballot .
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Unfortunately, it only takes about 1, 500 signatures to qualify for the ballot .
vote
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So, in protest, they are voting in local ballots to refuse to cover for staff vacancies or for long-term absences.
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The best-film voting went to three ballots and no big studio film was a serious contender.
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This year, citizens in 20 states will vote on 89 ballot initiatives on issues from property taxes to gambling to education.
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On Dec. 5 the Congress voted by secret ballot on nine amendments to the Constitution.
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On April 29, Cahill temporarily blocked backers from collecting signatures to put the immigrant voting measure on the ballot .
win
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Supporters of Mr Paul Davies, his chief opponent, believe he won on the second ballot .
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He said the party is still trying to get enough valid signatures to win ballot access in Texas.
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Lincoln won on the third ballot .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cast a vote/ballot
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I had to assert the authority of my casting vote.
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In 1996, 8,605 people cast votes for mayor, including 6,570 for Owens.
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Its voters first cast ballots by mail on a state housing initiative in 1993.
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Just four Republicans cast ballots for some one other than Gingrich, six short of the number needed to block his selection.
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The deadline for casting votes is February 1, 2001.
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The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
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They can not accept that I should cast votes on their behalf without first asking each of them what they think.
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Those who do are forced to cast a vote of questionable worth.
the ballot box
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The issue will be decided at the ballot box.
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The voters have expressed their views at the ballot box.
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They are determined to win power through the ballot box, not by violence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was elected by a ballot of all the teaching staff in the college.
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It was decided to hold a ballot of all party members.
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November's general election ballot
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The result of the ballot showed that nurses were not in favour or a strike.
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Voting will be by secret ballot .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Calday Grange Grammar School also faced a second ballot over opting out after it applied for grant-maintained status last year.
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For the first ballot each voter will indicate one choice from the candidates listed. 12.
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Of the 34 seats on the ballot Tuesday, 19 were held by Republicans and 15 by Democrats.
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The voters are capable of taking a long range outlook when they consider initiatives on the ballot .
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They equally fear losing power through the ballot box.
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Theyaccount for nearly one-fifth of the electorate, and will cast the deciding ballots in many constituencies.
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Under the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, elections are by secret ballot .
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With the new dynamic of California politics, getting any ballot measure passed with just Anglo votes is fast becoming impossible.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
member
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They now have to ballot their members before being able to call a strike.
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The unions are balloting 24,000 members in four companies next week on an indefinite strike.
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In one case the union concerned had balloted its members on several variations of industrial action.
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The idea of unions balloting their members before taking industrial action took hold.
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The breakaway union is balloting its members for a one-day token strike in protest over the amended pit closure plans.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the ballot box
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The issue will be decided at the ballot box.
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The voters have expressed their views at the ballot box.
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They are determined to win power through the ballot box, not by violence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Baseball writers will be balloted on Hall of Fame candidates.
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The union will now ballot its members on whether to go ahead with strike action.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Members ballot for the right to introduce bills on Fridays allocated to this purpose.
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The idea of unions balloting their members before taking industrial action took hold.
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The workforce will be balloted on the issue next month.