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  • 1ballot — The document distributed at the annual meeting to shareholders of record who wish to vote their shares in person. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. ballot bal‧lot 1 [ˈbælət] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. an occasion when people can… …

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  • 2ballot — n. & v. n. 1 a process of voting, in writing and usu. secret. 2 the total of votes recorded in a ballot. 3 the drawing of lots. 4 a paper or ticket etc. used in voting. v. (balloted, balloting) 1 intr. (usu. foll. by for) a hold a ballot; give a… …

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  • 3Ballot access — rules, called nomination rules outside the US, regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is either entitled to stand for election or to appear on voters ballots. Laws restricting which names may appear on the ballot have… …

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  • 4ballot — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ secret ▪ open ▪ postal (BrE) ▪ absentee (esp. AmE) ▪ provisional ▪ …

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  • 5hold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act/way of holding sth ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, tight ▪ He still had me in a tight hold. VERB + HOLD ▪ catch, get, grab …

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  • 6Oregon Ballot Measure 58 (1998) — Ballot Measure 58 was a citizen s initiative that was passed by the voters of the U.S. state of Oregon in the November 1998 General Election. The measure restored the right of adopted adults who were born in Oregon to access their original birth… …

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  • 7Secret ballot — For 2001 Iranian film, see Secret Ballot (film). Part of the Politics series Elections …

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  • 8List of Oregon ballot measures — Elections in Oregon Federal offices Presidential elections 2000 · 2004 · 2008 Presidential primaries …

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  • 9strike ballot — ➔ ballot1 * * * strike ballot UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► a situation in which workers vote, often secretly, on whether to strike or not: »Union leaders will today reveal the results of a strike ballot. hold/call for a strike ballot »Workers… …

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  • 10secret ballot — In the context of corporate governance, this is also known as confidential voting. An independent third party or employees sworn to secrecy are used to count proxy votes, and the management usually agrees not to look at individual proxy cards.… …

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