A ballot of Unison members at the publicly owned utility found almost four fifths (78 per cent) were in favour of strike action.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/dairy-farmer-goes-head-head-31236746

A ballot was held among Education Authority EA staff who are Unite members and 94 per-cent voted for strike action.

Source: https://wearetyrone.com/news/disruption-for-schools-as-strike-action-begins/

A ballot with less than 13 or more than 25 votes is considered invalid.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/05/disy-to-hold-elections-for-key-party-positions/

A bill passed by Arkansas’ Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes it tougher to qualify ballot measures by more than tripling the number of counties where signatures must be gathered, from 15 to 50.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-05-24/state-lawmakers-ignore-elections-handcuff-voters-in-power-grab

Abortion rights advocates said this week that they would appeal a decision by a Nevada judge to reject a 2024 ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/hayes-haunted-by-trump/

According to the IEC, not all of the 300 parties will make it to the ballot paper because of the stringent requirements.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/elections/2024-elections-parties-iec-registration-2021/

A consultative ballot by Unison in April saw an overwhelming majority (96.9%) voting to reject the plans to downgrade their posts with more than 9 in 10 (91%) voting in favour of industrial action.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23564827.strike-ballot-open-north-lanarkshire-nursery-staff-amid-dispute/?ref=rss

A few have recently suspended their campaigns but will remain on the ballot.

Source: https://kpq.com/wenatchee-school-board-race-between-iniguez-smith-to-be-recounted/

“After a multi-decade, special interest-funded effort to reshape the federal judiciary, the fanatical MAGA right have captured the Supreme Court and achieved dangerous, regressive policies that they could never attain at the ballot box,” Schumer said.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/roberts-scolds-liberal-justices-for-demonizing-rulings-they-dont-like-disturbing-feature-of-dissents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roberts-scolds-liberal-justices-for-demonizing-rulings-they-dont-like-distur

After Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade determined that those senators could not appear on the upcoming ballot due to Measure 113, Knopp and four other Republicans filed suit to have that decision overruled.

Source: https://centraloregondaily.com/anthony-broadman-oregon-senate-tim-knopp/

After that, the elector is allowed to exercise secret ballot vote and the entire process is videographed for transparency.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/3773-people-aged-above-80-and-pwds-vote-from-home-on-day-one/article66793857.ece

After voters in Florida passed a ballot initiative empowering former offenders to vote, Republican legislators passed measures to gut the reform.

Source: https://seattlemedium.com/the-right-to-vote-has-always-been-contested-in-america/

After voting, the president showed everyone his ballot papers to indicate that he voted for the All Progressives Congress.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/02/25/president-muhammadu-buhari-votes-reveals-who-he-voted-for/

After weeks of AKP appeals, Turkey’s electoral board upheld a complaint regarding ballot counting and annulled the opposition victory.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/14/could-a-diverse-alliance-end-recep-tayyip-erdogans-authoritarian-rule

A group of PCS union activists shared that they were going to resist their union's ballot to pause strike action.

Source: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/civil-service-pay-system-not-fit-purpose-senior-staff-offered-larger-pay-award

A group of Timnath residents are collecting signatures for a ballot measure that will ban fences taller than 65 feet.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/02/15/timnath-topgolf-ballot-measure-birds-fences/

A huge majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/more-400-nhs-staff-wirral-27497106

A little more than 55 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10000625/quebec-jean-talon-byelection-result/

All support the ballot initiative Safe Zones 4 Kids, which prioritizes the removal of unauthorized campsites near schools and pathways frequented by our city’s children.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/10/26/letters-to-the-editor-voting-for-the-future-how-cu-students-should-vote-electing-balanced-leadership-and-more/

All three are reportedly trying to work out a quick deal, ($) says, because a contested ballot could mean a months-long vote of members and unions.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/12/11/annastacia-palaszczuk-resigns-endorses-steven-miles/