Famous Quotes & Sayings

The situation where a political party can file a party ballot on the condition that women candidates take up no less than 30% positions on it is quite normal, I think.

The worst case scenario is for both plans to go on the ballot and confuse voters so nothing gets done again.

Rose Schneiderman

The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.

We insisted on getting on the ballot by petition, because ours is a candidacy of the people and not of big money. We intend to represent the interest of the people and not the multinational corporations and banks.

So much for a secret ballot not controlled by the NHLPA,

The big picture of this is public money shouldn't be used to influence the outcome of a ballot campaign. And that's what happened here.

The ballot was a secret ballot for good reason and the way in which members voted should remain confidential to each and every member, except in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

Robert Barry

The ballot this year is highly complex. We are trying to make sure that people understand the ballot. For the first time this year, it is electronically readable.

The ballot result indicates the level of dissatisfaction the staff have with the board.

The ballot measure will cost taxpayers more than it will save them. It's going to really backfire.

The ballot is very straightforward, ... You follow the arrow, you punch the location. Then you have voted for who you intend to elect.

The ballot did two things. One was to indicate teams that you thought ought to be considered - 1 to 100 or as many as you thought ought to be considered. Another was teams that you thought ought to be in the tournament, period.

The ballot did not take place on the date he claimed.

Dan Quayle is completely committed to this campaign, and we understand that the real test will occur early next year when voters cast their ballots in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary,

Donna Howard is just the tip of the iceberg. We're going to win races all up and down that ballot in November.

John Burns

Eventually this will save us money by eliminating the old paper ballots. It's always been hard to estimate how many people will vote and plan to have enough ballots printed. That problem should be eliminated. We've had a trash barrel full of ballots left over because we had too many ballots printed and then have a low voter turnout.

It's going to make it tougher for us to get something on the June ballot when things keep changing like this.

Abraham Lincoln

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets

Ballots are automatically mailed out if you're registered to vote.

Ballots and Burqas: Women and Community Change in Afghan-istan.

Bruce Sutter

As long as you're on the ballot, you have a chance. Just being on the ballot is such a great honor.

Being voted into the Hall of Fame is the biggest individual honor in baseball. Being voted in on the first ballot is what cements your place in history as one of the greatest to ever play the game. There are likely to be many voters that will think twice about placing Bonds in that elite company, especially when you consider he's never been the most popular individual with the media.

Every dollar spent on these campaign promises, on these two ballot measures, is another dollar that could be spent on a true solution to some of the city's real problems, to the deficit, to the potholes, to park maintenance.

It's on the ballot to refine a previously passed amendment.

It's tactically smart. He knows he's not going to get on the ballot through the convention and he doesn't want to give it any credibility.

He or she knows that if they don't do the right thing they'll be facing their bosses -- the people. But I think it should be on the ballot for the people to decide, because it's their city.

Eliseo Medina

If Congress fails to act, we will deliver our message in the ballot boxes come November. We will continue to march and speak out until the President signs a comprehensive immigration bill into law that works for all working people in this country.

He's trying to recapture the glories of the past, and he is doing it through basketball. He was once a superstar. He fell away, and now he's trying to make a comeback. He's trying to get what he couldn't get in the courts and couldn't get at the ballot box.

Katherine Harris

The Department of State has now reviewed the Palm Beach County ballot. Clay Roberts, director of the Division of Elections, and Deborah Kearney, general counsel for the Department of State, have determined that the design and layout of the ballot does conform to the law of the state of Florida,

The city has not yet committed to putting a millage on the ballot to support funding for the project,

The city didn't feel it was appropriate to broadcast the hearings. They felt it could create a circus atmosphere. We were hoping everybody would get to watch it - that's the best way for people to know what happens in these hearings and make a decision based on that. It's the best thing for the citizens, especially if the council's going to lean toward pushing this toward a ballot measure.

Andrew Ferguson

The CFMEU will also respect the outcome of the ballot and continue to extend goodwill to the club.

You could never put this on a ballot and make sense of it.