Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

This office is required to validate the signatures of Texans who sign a petition for an independent candidate, and given the fact there are multiple individuals vying for a spot on the ballot as an independent, verifying every signature is the surest way to protect the integrity of our elections and confirm the validity of a candidate's name on the ballot.

Sonny Perdue

We are very supportive of a paper ballot component.

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

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.

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.

If there's still a need for a runoff after the ballots are counted, we will consider our legal options.

Bryan Williams

If there's any question to the propriety of accounting, we always have the ballots so they can be examined. That's something that doesn't exist with the touch-screen voting.

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

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.

In some polling stations, blank ballots totaled a quarter of the votes, and in some others, one third of the votes.

Intelligent people would save their protest for the ballot

I guess I was brain-dead at 7 in the morning, (but) I never had a front-back ballot in my life.

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.

I have testimony and written statements from over 185 judges of election, and lengthy lists of vote counting and ballot security problems.

How can you have ... an absentee ballot if the process of getting it was in violation of the law?

Special election ballots do not list the party affiliations of candidates, ... Should no candidate in a race receive a majority of votes on Aug. 30, a runoff election will be held on Sept. 13.

Chris Jones

Brennan Lowery was accidentally left off of the ballot for second-year vice president through no fault of his own. He completed all requirements.

This election is going to change everything, because everyone realizes now that the only way to take power is through the ballot box. This election is going to unite all Iraqis.

Barbara Smith

This ballot referendum is a chance for voters to go in and give their opinion on the current policy. It is a chance to say we want to change the war policy.

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.

Tony Blair

put their cross on their ballot paper for continued economic stability in the coming years and to put schools and hospitals first.

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.

The school board did a pretty good job of massaging the ballot language. They're deceivers and you get sucked in.

This is a gross injustice. Boca Raton is one of the best-run cities in Florida and yet our mayor and council members are the lowest-paid in the region. We should put this issue on the ballot because this is the right thing to do.

This is all a very politicized process. They're going to need to go out and shop this measure, and they want to be sure the ballot title is optimal. And they have opponents who want to be sure the ballot title is optimal for their purposes.

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,

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

The man ran in, grabbed the ballot box, then threw it under the wheels of his truck and took off ... the box was flat as a pancake.

The Liberian people have made their choice through the ballot today, and we are all obliged to respect the choice made by the men and women of this nation,