Below you will find example sentences with "provisional ballots". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Provisional Ballots in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: ballots
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "provisional ballots" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 18 000 provisional ballots cast nov, 60 000 provisional ballots were being, county, mail and election stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with absentee ballots, mail ballots, absentee ballots and mail ballots, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with provisional ballots
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What’s with all the still uncounted provisional ballots in NC in 2024? (13 words)
The Board of Elections on Thursday counted remaining absentee ballots and considered provisional ballots, too. (15 words)
These included vote-by-mail ballots, conditional voter registration ballots and provisional ballots cast at voting centers. (17 words)
Giuliani’s witnesses also repeated reports of irregularities including individuals who had not requested mail-in ballots receiving them and others being forced to vote by provisional ballots when poll books suggested they had received mail-in ballots. (38 words)
County boards of election would have until 5 p.m. the third day after Election Day to research the eligibility of provisional ballots, as opposed to the previous deadline of the county canvass, 10 days post-election. (37 words)
The bureau is not oversupplying provisional ballots in advance because each provisional ballot — deployed or not — must be tracked and logged, and excess ballots could unnecessarily create auditing issues on the back end, they said. (35 words)
What’s with all the still uncounted provisional ballots in NC in 2024? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
The bureau is not oversupplying provisional ballots in advance because each provisional ballot — deployed or not — must be tracked and logged, and excess ballots could unnecessarily create auditing issues on the back end, they said.
The County Recorder has begun verifying the 18,000 Provisional ballots cast Nov. 3. Provisional ballots take longer to verify.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office must still count same-day registration ballots, provisional ballots, and Vote-by-Mail ballots.
Giuliani’s witnesses also repeated reports of irregularities including individuals who had not requested mail-in ballots receiving them and others being forced to vote by provisional ballots when poll books suggested they had received mail-in ballots.
These included vote-by-mail ballots, conditional voter registration ballots and provisional ballots cast at voting centers.
Butler County, the lawyers for the voters added, is an outlier in refusing to count provisional ballots in cases where voters made disqualifying mistakes on their mail-in ballots.
Election officials told the New Jersey Globe that 80 provisional ballots and 30 uncounted ballots collected from secure ballot drop boxes are not in the tally.
Rowan County Board of Elections Director Sharon Main said that they had 199 provisional ballots which were approved and counted in addition to approximately 400 absentee ballots that arrived on Election Day.
However, about 30 minutes later, the county said additional mail ballots would be coming from the U.S. Postal Service and that about 60,000 provisional ballots were being processed.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said Friday afternoon that the vast majority of absentee ballots have been counted, and the counting process has begun for provisional ballots.
Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat, said Friday afternoon that the most mail-in ballots had been counted and the state was beginning to process provisional ballots.
The Board of Elections on Thursday counted remaining absentee ballots and considered provisional ballots, too.
Provisional ballots provide a way for voters to cast their ballots on Election Day if there is a question about their eligibility to vote.
County boards of election would have until 5 p.m. the third day after Election Day to research the eligibility of provisional ballots, as opposed to the previous deadline of the county canvass, 10 days post-election.
During the post-election counting period, everyone should be patient and resist baseless ‘noise’ about provisional ballots.
People can still register to vote in Virginia’s early-voting period or on Election Day, and cast provisional ballots, voting advocates said.
Pima decided to open all six sites it had planned to on time at 8 a.m. but switched to using provisional ballots.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in the battleground state.
What’s with all the still uncounted provisional ballots in NC in 2024?
But with just 9,073 mail-in and provisional ballots left to tally countywide, Dixon called Petrie-Norris on Thursday night to congratulate her.