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ballot paper

noun

  1. a paper used for voting in a ballot, esp (in a parliamentary or local government election) one having the names of the candidates printed on it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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An image on social media shows a person holding a mail-in ballot paper which they claim already had a mark next to Kamala Harris's name.

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More than a dozen politicians had hoped to challenge him, but the electoral commission approved only two additional names for the ballot paper.

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Although Zammel, who heads the small liberal Azimoun party, was jailed for falsifying voter signatures on his candidacy paperwork, his name will still appear on the ballot paper.

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Candidates to replace him will need 100 nominations from party members to get on the ballot paper, with the contest conducted using a preferential voting system.

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Each candidate has to secure the backing of 100 party members to make it onto the ballot paper.

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