Sentences with phrase «attempted ballot box»

There were cases of attempted ballot box snatching, allegations of vote buying etc..

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I do not expect nor wish for their approval, however as they stand on the street corners of America and call me the most vile of names and attempt to marginalize me and my family at the ballot box, I will and have fought back.

Religious people are attempting to impose their beliefs through the ballot box.

Democracy descends into pageantry, its pomp and circumstance diverting our gaze from the thing itself as it attempts to create a nation out of ballot boxes and nostalgic rhetoric.

The move comes as Ms May attempts to push through Brexit, one of the most difficult constitutional changes the country has ever seen, without having ever won a personal mandate at the ballot box.

It is also unpopular — as with previous attempts to undertake major programmes of new roads, the Government's plans will meet widespread and committed opposition on the ground and will not help them at the ballot box.

Falade alleged that the defendant attempted to destroy the ballot box and ballot papers used at the APC Primary Election for the purpose of nominating its governorship candidate.