Famous Quotes & Sayings

The people can be sure that their vote will be the same as the ballot that they wrote and put in the boxes,

I think a lot of people will get the ballots and not understand how to vote.

He needs to make an unequivocal statement that he opposes any ballot initiative that takes away the rights of gay and lesbian couples. That is unclear in his statement.

William Douglas

Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed.

Carl Guardino

If the conditions are right to mount a campaign for a quarter-cent transportation sale tax ballot measure in November 2006, we will need the leadership and guidance of thoughtful elected officials such as yourself. We hope you will join us in this effort.

If they don't send their ballots in, it's a 'No' vote. So you run the risk of not having any representation at all.

We're trying to make clear that it is, in fact, too late to cast that ballot now.

We have set a policy that if they're on the general election ballot and they're a special district, there would not be a charge.

While we do not know which candidates will be chosen as the newly elected leaders of a democratically elected government of Liberia, we do know that today Liberians voted, cast their ballots for peace and for a new Liberia,

Stuart Rothenberg

The president is not on the ballot so the only way to send a message to the government, to the White House, to Congress about the president's performance is via these congressional elections.

The governor continues his commitment to pursue those reforms. But it's becoming increasingly clear that the way you have to do that is at the ballot box, which would ironically require more fundraising.

P. J. O'Rourke

There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.

When you go to the ballot box in November, if all you are looking at is pure negativity from the Democrats, I don't think it is going to help them.

Richard Winger

The only state where it's clearly more difficult for an independent candidate to get on the ballot for governor is Alabama.

Those who vote by early ballot are high-efficacy voters. They're very concerned about the issues in their community.

Rick Berman

The reason that the law is set up with secret ballots is that it's too easy to compromise someone's intention.

There could not have been a more decisive outcome of this ballot or a more decisive vote in favor a strike.

We're not making any decision about anything until the ballots are counted. We can't talk about the next race until we are finished with this one.

We're receiving applications, but we're not sending out ballots because we don't have them yet.

We had about 15 people come and once we started showing them how to use it, they were very, very positive about it. It was fun for them and they actually enjoyed casting ballots on it. No one had anything negative to say after they had tried it and I think that surprised them.

We are speaking to groups throughout the state, reminding them to vote 'NO' to weakening term limits. This ballot initiative has been tainted from the start. The outcome will be meaningless because the electorate has been presented with a deceptive question.

Khaled Meshaal

Our government came as a natural result from the ballots collected from election posts in Palestinian areas. It was a fair and democratic process that the entire world took notice of. The US administration should respect the free will of the Palestinian people.

Ernest Istook

Over 30 States, including Oklahoma, are now required by Congress to print bilingual or multilingual ballots in at least some parts of those States.

It is a tremendous honor for him and very well deserved. What he did as a player here was simply amazing. His mention on the initial ballot is great for our program and for this university.

Stampeding everyone into all-mail ballots is a wrong decision and removes freedom of choice.

Some of the complaints are minor and others may be grave enough to cancel the results of a ballot box.

That can't be the goal of any of the major parties. The people would likely punish them at the ballots for not being able to overcome their inner-party conflicts and finally form a government. They're sick of it.

That $75 million will be spent before the ballot question is even approved. If we're going to go to the ballot for parks, then we should really go to the ballot and fix the system.

Angela Ruggiero

My sister is stuffing the ballot box. I know I'd be fired. I'd expect it. But you know, that would be an interesting career move.

Paddy Ashdown

It is not only in Bosnia-Herzegovina that you find politicians trying to raise hoary old ghosts of the past and gruesome specters to drive people into the ballot box to vote for them,

Avi Rubin

I think that, you know, looking at all the systems that I've been studying over the last several years, that paper ballots with a precinct optical scan counters and random audits is the best system that we can have.

I think we're in excellent position to be on the ballot in November. From our experiences with voters over the last five months, we have no doubt it will pass by a large margin.

I think they ought to send up all the ballots up in a unified way, ensuring the integrity of the evidence.