Expert subject Politics date February 2009 globalize date December 2010 voting A provisionalballot is used ... . A provisionalballot would be cast when The voter refuses to show a photo ID in regions that require ... name. The voter s ballot has already been recorded Whether a provisionalballot is counted is contingent upon the verification of that voter s eligibility. Many voters do not realize that the provisionalballot is not counted until 7 10 days after election so their vote does not affect the calling of the states to different candidates. A guarantee that a voter could cast a provisionalballot ... provisional 20ballots.pdf The ProvisionalBallot vs. Challenged Ballot , Nov. 16, 2005. ref The right to a provisionalballot, as enacted by the Help America Vote Act, brings a degree of uniformity to the array of various challenged ballot rules enacted by various states. Potential Problems At their best, provisional ballots provide voters who would otherwise be turned away from the polls to have their votes counted, but at their worst, the offer of a provisionalballot can be a way ... pdfs ProvisionalBallot Report Final 9 16 08.pdf Provisional Voting Fail Safe ... Votes May Be Stuck in Limbo Washington Post DEFAULTSORT ProvisionalBallot Category Elections ... a voters right to vote was challenged, state laws typically allowed them to cast a challenged ballot ... to force certain voters to cast provisional ballots so they can suppress the vote total of an opponent ... using provisional ballots. Many allege that these discrepancies of interpretations, particularly ..., at least 1.9 million provisional ballots were cast, and 676,000 were never counted due to various states rules on counting provisional ballots. ref http nationaljournal.com about njweekly stories 2006 1103nj1.htm Let The Recounts Begin National Journal ref Studies of the use of provisional ballots ... 21 of provisional ballots were rejected, where the majority of rejected ballots were cast by registered ... more details
other uses Weasel date February 2009 Refimprove date October 2008 Voting A ballot is a device originally ... uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap ... pre printed to protect the secret ballot secrecy of the votes . The voter casts his her ballot in a Ballot box box at a polling station . In British English, this is usually called a ballot paper . The word ballot is used for an election process within an organisation such as a trade union holding a ballot of its members . History In ancient Greece , citizens used Ostracon pieces of broken pottery ... 2000 Florida butterfly ballot . File Butterfly large.jpg thumb 150px left Top view of the same 2000 Florida butterfly ballot . Depending on the type of voting system used in the election, different ballots may be used. Ranked ballot s allow voters to rank candidates in order of preference, while ballots ... list closed . The United States has a unique politics of long and short ballot. Before the American ... offices required longer ballots, and at times the long ballot undoubtedly resulted in confusion ... States Progressivists attacked the long ballot during the Progressive Era circa 1893 1917 . In the United States today, the term ballot reform sometimes refers to efforts to reduce the number of elected offices. Citation needed date October 2008 Design Ballot design can aid or inhibit clarity ... or mismark a ballot. The butterfly ballot used in Florida in the U.S. presidential election, 2000 a ballot paper that has names down both sides, with a single column of punch holes in the center, which ... File Bundestagswahl 05 stimmzett.jpg thumb right 150 This Germany German ballot has the constituency ... to reflect these in ballot design and voting system alternatives causes many problems and leads ... out on a ballot, carries much more weight than one carried out with only a public sampling in a less ... out on an ordinary ballot with no provision for it, however, there would be risk of counting it as spoiled ... more details
A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Ballot may also refer to Ballot automobile , a defunct French automobile manufacturer Ballot horse , an American two time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse Ballots, Mayenne , a commune in northwestern France disambiguation ... more details
ballot boxes used in the Haitian elections, 2006 Haitian general election in 2006 A ballot box is a temporarily ... bag, with a narrow slot in the top sufficient to accept a ballotballot paper in an election ... also be ballot boxes that are taken to people s homes where they would otherwise be unable to travel to the polling station. When very large ballot papers are used, there may be a feeder mechanism to assist in the deposit of the paper into the box. Transparent ballot boxes may be used in order ... not ballot stuffing stuffed with fraudulent votes . At the close of the election all boxes can be taken ... as precinct count . Ballot boxes are in some jurisdictions obsolete, because of the increase in paperless electronic voting . The word ballot derives from voting systems based upon the use of a small ball instead of a voting paper see blackball blacklist blackball . The first British secret ballot using ballot papers and a ballot box was held in Pontefract on 15 August 1872, under the terms of the recently enacted Ballot Act 1872 . In a ministerial by election following his appointment as Chancellor ... constituency Pontefract . The original ballot box, sealed in wax with a liquorice stamp, is held at Pontefract ... s secret ballot box, 1872 . ref ref http www.wakefield.gov.uk CultureAndLeisure Museums Object ... center gallery caption Ballot boxes perrow 4 widths 160 File Cardboard ballot box Smithsonian.jpg A cardboard ballot box used during the first federal vote in Washington, D.C. . File Wooden ballot box Smithsonian.jpg A wooden ballot box used in the northeastern United States circa 1870. File Metal ballot box Smithsonian.jpg A galvanized metal ballot box used in Tulare County, California United States circa 1936. File Election MG 3455.JPG A voter putting his envelope into a clear ballot box during the 2007 French presidential election File Glass ballot box Smithsonian.jpg A glass globe ballot jar circa 1884. File Acme ballot box Smithsonian.jpg An Acme voting machine of Bridgewater, Connecticut ... more details
improverefs date September 2011 globalize US date September 2011 A ballot title is the official, short, summary of a Initiatives and referendums in the United States ballot measure that appears on the ballot. The goal of a good ballot title is to be a neutral summary that accurately conveys to voters the gist of what the proposed new law says or would do. The National Conference of State Legislatures says, The ballot title and summary are arguably the most important part of an initiative in terms of voter education. Most voters never read more than the title and summary of the text of initiative ... title & 39 Preparation of a ballot title and summary & 39 publisher Ncsl.org date 2003 03 ... of what a new law would do. As a result, ballot titles are fertile grounds for conflict and lawsuits ... has to do with whether the ballot title is determined before signatures are collected, or after . Another way that states differ has to do with whether the ballot title is determined by the government which could be a commission, a ballot title determination board, the Secretary of State, or some other election official or whether the ballot title is determined by the political organization that is advocating for the measure. Pre circulation ballot titles States where the ballot title is set prior ... , Mississippi , Missouri , Montana , North Dakota , Ohio , Elections in Oregon Ballot initiatives Oregon In Oregon, the ballot title is set after 1,000 initial sponsorship signatures have been submitted and Washington U.S. state Washington . Post circulation ballot titles States where the ballot title ... , Nebraska , Nevada , Oklahoma , Utah , Wyoming . Ballot titles determined by proponents In Florida and South Dakota, the ballot title is determined by the proponent, subject to legal challenge by opponents in court. Impact of ballot title on election outcome There is a general consensus that the ballot title can be highly determinative of whether a ballot measure wins or loses. Notes reflist Category ... more details
Refimprove date February 2010 Infobox company company name Ballot company logo company type company slogan location Paris France foundation 1910 defunct 1932 founder Ernest Maurice Ballot products Automobile Cars Image Ballot.jpg thumb right 250px Ballot 2LTS Cabriolet 1925 Ballot was a France French automobile manufacturer who made cars between 1921 and 1932. The Ballot brothers, Edouard and Maurice, founded their company in 1905. Before World War I they manufactured automobile and marine engines. The company was re founded as Etablissements Ballot SA in 1910. Edouard Ballot was well known as a designer of reliable engines. He helped Ettore Bugatti in developing his first engines. After World War I, the company entered motor racing with a straight eight cylinder 4.9 litre car for the 1921 French Grand Prix . As well as racing engines, the company made a range of road engines which were fitted to their own production cars. The first road car was a 2 litre tourer called Ballot 2 LS . In 1923 Ballot 2 LT and a sport version, Ballot 2 LTS followed. From 1927, eight cylinder engines were used. In 1931 the company was taken over by Hispano Suiza . Swift decline followed the last model was practically a Hispano Suiza, and only the chassis was provided by Ballot. Ballot closed down in 1932. Sporting successes A Ballot vehicle driven by Ren Thomas France Ren Thomas finished second in the 1919 Targa Florio and second in the 1920 Indianapolis 500 . Image Ballot Berline RH3, 1930.jpg thumb left 210px Ballot Berline RH3, 1930, Cit de l Automobile , Mulhouse , France Ralph DePalma , an American national champion and winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500, finished second in the 1921 French ... Grand Prix at Brescia Brescia, Italy driving a Ballot. Main models 2LS sports car. 4 cylinder 1944 ... French Grand Prix relating to the Ballot racer Category Vintage vehicles Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France de tablissements Ballot fr Ballot automobile it Ballot pl Ballot ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 voting Image Ballotstuffing.jpg thumb 200px left A specialized ballot box used to assist ballot stuffing, featured in Frank Leslie s Weekly Frank Leslie s Illustrated Newspaper in 1856. Ballot stuffing is the illegal act of one person submitting multiple ballot s during a vote in which only one ballot per person is permitted. The name originates from the earliest days of this practice in which people literally did stuff more than one ballot in a ballot box at the same time. In a government election , this is a form of electoral fraud . Detecting ballot stuffing depends a great deal on how good the record keeping is. Most election systems match the number of persons showing up to vote with the number of ballots cast, and or preparing the forms so that they are difficult to fake. A common method still used in small village elections throughout the USA Fact date March 2009 uses two ballot boxes and a single sheet of paper for a ballot. After marking the ballot, the sheet is folded in half, then torn with each part dropped in the corresponding ballot box. The number of marked ballots in one box will equal the number of ballot sheet headers in the other ballot box, thus preventing ballot stuffing. In short, successful ballot stuffing usually requires the misconduct of genuine registered voters and or elections personnel. Ballot stuffing can be accomplished in a number of ways. Often, a ballot stuffer casts votes on the behalf of people who did not show up to the polls known as telegraphing sometimes, votes are even cast by those who are long dead or fictitious characters in TV shows, books, and movies known as padding . Both practices are also referred to as personation . In earlier societies which date October 2011 with little paperwork, dead people were kept alive on paper for the purpose of ballot stuffing. The family of the deceased often helped along, either to assist their party or for money. Ballot stuffing is possible with one version ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date October 2009 A ratings ballot is a ballot on which candidates are rated on a cardinal scale . For example candidates in an election could be rated from 0 to 99 or from 5 to 5 or from 1 to 10. Generally you will gave the candidate you like least the lowest score 0, 5 or 1 and the candidate you like the most the highest score 99,5 or 10 . An Approval Voting ballot can be considered as a ratings ballot with two possible ratings 1 approve and 0 disapprove . Under conditions of strategy rational voters wishing to obtain the best outcome for themselves with perfect knowledge of how all other voters will vote a rating ballot with more than 2 rating points should become identical to an Approval ballot with all candidates being given either the highest or lowest rating. Ratings ballots can be converted to preferential ballots. class wikitable border 1 Rating 0 to 99 Preference order Candidate A 99 First Candidate B 20 Third Candidate C 20 Third Candidate D 55 Second This requires the voting system to accommodate a voter s indifference between two candidates as in Ranked Pairs or Schulze method . DEFAULTSORT Ratings Ballot Category Voting systems ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 forms of government A provisional to prepare for elections. The most notable provisional government was the Russian Provisional Government in 1917. Provisional governments ... wars. In a time of crisis a collapsed government may reform with provisional status under a coalition. Examples of provisional governments active in the 20th and 21st centuries are Provisional Government of the Republic of China 1912 , established after the success of the Wuchang uprising . Provisional ... Albania . Provisional Government of India 1915 , established in Kabul . Provisional Government of the Irish Republic 1916 , a title adopted by the leadership of the short lived Easter Rising . Provisional Government of National Defense northern Greece , 1916 Russian Provisional Government 1917 , established ... II . Estonian Provisional Government 1918 1919 Hetmanate Ukrainian Provisional Government 1918 . Provisional ... and later in Chongqing, during the Japanese occupation of Korea . Provisional Government of Southern ... underground government Provisional Government of Lithuania 1941 , established when Lithuanians overthrew ... until Nazi Germany annexed the country. Arzi Hukumat e Azad Hind Provisional Government of Free ... Asia. It had diplomatic relationships with nine countries. Provisional Government of Italy 1944 Provisional Government of Hungary 1944 1945 Provisional Government of the French Republic 1944 46 Provisional ... Knesset elections . Syria Provisional Government of the Syrian Arab Republic 1949 , established by national ... governments. Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic 1958 62 guerrilla movement Provisional ... War war against America and Republic of Vietnam Provisional government of Bangladesh 1970 1972 , established ... in Libya against the Gaddafi led government. Provisional governments were also established throughout ... had a transitional government. 1993 Coalition Provisional Authority , the Iraqi Interim Governing Council , the Iraqi Interim Government and the Iraqi Transitional Government were all provisional authorities ... more details
orphan date May 2009 Ballot Browser is open source software open source ballot counting software developed initially for the Humboldt County, California Humboldt County California Election Transparency Project. In November 2008, counting performed with Ballot Browser revealed a bug in Premier Election Solutions formerly Diebold Election Systems GEMS tabulation software. Subsequent investigation by the California Secretary of State led to the decertification of the GEMS version used in Humboldt County. Ballot Browser was developed by Mitch Trachtenberg and is available, free, from http www.tevsystems.com. References Ballot Browser home page http www.tevsystems.com Mitch Trachtenberg s essay on developing Ballot Browser http www.mitchtrachtenberg.com ourvotes.html Article from Wired s Threat Level blog by Kim Zetter http www.wired.com threatlevel 2008 12 unique transpar Secretary of State Debra Bowen s report to the Federal EAC on the Diebold problem http www.eac.gov assets 1 AssetManager Report 20CA 20SOS 20Debra 20Bowen 20to 20EAC 20on 20Diebold 20Premier 20March 202 202009 Revised.pdf Google archive of http www.sos.ca.gov elections voting systems sos humboldt report to eac 03 02 09.pdf Category Election technology software ... more details
orphan date November 2009 A signed ballot is sometimes used as a substitute for a roll call vote . It allows the members votes can be recorded in the minutes without the chair having to call the names of each member individually. ref RONR 10th ed. , p. 406 ref A motion to use a signed ballot is one of the motions relating to methods of voting and the polls . References reflist Category Parliamentary procedure poli stub ... more details
Refimprove date May 2010 The random ballot is a hypothetical voting method in an election or referendum , the ballot of a single voter is selected at random, and that ballot decides the result of the election. In this way, each candidate or option wins with a probability exactly equal to the fraction of the electorate favouring that candidate or option. The random ballot method is decisive, in that there is no possibility of a tied vote, assuming that the selected voter has expressed a preference if not then another ballot can be selected at random . It is unbiased in that the probability of a particular result is equal to the proportion of total support that that result has in all the votes. It is also strategy free in that there is no advantage in tactical voting . But it is not deterministic, in that a different random selection could have produced a different result, and it does not conform to majority rule since there is a substantial possibility that the selected voter may be in the minority group minority . Random ballot is most often used to explain some of the properties of other ... observed that candidates who are placed in a high position on the ballot paper will receive extra ... alphabetical listing of candidates on the ballot in favour of either ranking by the parties e.g. ... and the Australian Capital Territory . When candidates are ordered by lot on the ballot, the advantage ... quota is transferred by selecting the required number of ballot papers at random. Thus, if the quota ... 1918 to 1984 , electoral officials select 200 ballot papers randomly from the 1,200. However, this has ... adopted a variant of fractional transfer , a.k.a. the Gregory method , by which all 1,200 ballot ... votes stay with the elected candidate, while the value of the 1,200 ballot papers transferred equals only 200 votes. A random ballot elects a representative by choosing a ballot at random sortition is similar but elects individuals directly by lot, as if each ballot involved individuals voting ... more details
otheruses Provisional application disambiguation Patent law Under United States patent law , a provisional ... unless the applicant files a regular non provisional patent application within one year. There is no such thing as a provisional patent . ref David Pressman, Patent It Yourself , Nolo Press, 2006, page 56, ISBN 1 4133 0516 4. ref A provisional application includes a specification, i.e. a description ... art is performed, the USPTO fee for filing a provisional patent application is significantly lower US 125 as of September 2011 than the fee required to file a standard non provisional patent application. A provisional application can establish an early effective filing date in one or more continuing ... in earlier provisional applications by one or more of the same inventors. The same term is used in past and current patent laws of other countries with different meanings. History The provisional application ... since 1952 are as follows ... 1994 ... Introduced the possibility of filing provisional patent applications ... 4A, Chapter 14 Priority by Foreign Filing, 14.02 Historical Development ref The 1994 introduction of the provisional ... The earliest filing date of a provisional application may be very important where, for example ... to generate a complete non provisional application. In many cases, a provisional is filed the same day ... novelty . In other cases the provisional application is filed soon after such a disclosure in order to preserve only the inventor s U.S. patent rights. The date of filing of the provisional patent ... Cooperation Treaty international application , but not for a design patent . The filing of a provisional ... or international filings. Though the provisional need not be submitted in English language English , a translation will be required when and if a non provisional application claims the benefit of the provisional. A provisional application, as such, is never patent application examined by the USPTO ... later non provisional application file that references it, and thus becomes public upon issuance of a patent ... more details
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Ballot image File Ballot horse .jpg 200px caption Circa 1908. sire Voter horse Voter grandsire Friar s Balsam dam Cerito damsire Lowland Chief sex Stallion horse Stallion foaled 1904 country United States colour Chestnut coat Chestnut breeder Castleton Lyons Castleton Stud owner James R. Keene trainer James G. Rowe, Sr. record 37 20 5 6 earnings United States dollar US 154,545 race Matron Stakes United States Matron Stakes 1906 br Neptune Stakes 1906 br Century Handicap 1907, 1908 br Edgemere Handicap 1907 br First Special Handicap 1907 br Great Republic ... 1908 br Broadway Stakes 1909 awards American Champion Older Male Horse br 1908, 1910 honours Ballot Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack updated April 4, 2010 Ballot 1904 1937 was an American two time Champion ... two Ballot won important races in 1906 but was overshadowed by that year s Champion , Salvidere ... and a half in winning the Second Special Handicap at Gravesend Race Track . At age four in 1908 Ballot ... earned him retrospective American Champion Older Male Horse honors. Ballot raced in England in 1909 ... BEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg 2729,6710455&dq ballot handicap&hl en Pittsburg Press May 26, 1910 ref His biggest ... New York Times June 28, 1910 ref Ballot finished second in the August 4 Saratoga ... Constitution&desc Ballot Will Race No More.&pqatl google Atlanta Constitution August 10, 1910 article titled Ballot Will Race No More ref His win in the Advance Stakes combined with top three finishes in other major races earned Ballot retrospective honors as the Co American Champion Older Male Horse of 1910. As a sire Retired to Stud animal stud duty, Ballot stood at his owner s farm in 1911 then was sent ..., Forever b. 1917 , Ballot was the damsire of 1928 Belmont Stakes winner Vito horse Vito . Through another daughter, Rose Leaves b. 1916 , Ballot left his most significant mark as the damsire of Bull ... . References http www.pedigreequery.com ballotBallot s pedigree and partial racing stats refs ... more details
Refimprove date February 2009 Voting An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling ... a voter can participate in an absentee ballot. Methods Postal voting In a postal vote , the ballot ... ballot there is no way of verifying that they voted for the correct candidate. In an attempt ... ref voters obtain their passwords to access the ballot through the postal service. Most voters in Estonia ... ballot. All a voter needs is a computer, an electronic card reader, their ID card and its PIN, and they can ... ballot. Texas law allows American astronauts who cannot vote in person and are unable to vote via absentee ballot such as those aboard the International Space Station and Mir space station cast ... ballot examples Germany In all ? maybe. Germany German elections, postal vote s are available on demand ... not have an absentee ballot system for all citizens. In a restricted sense, The Representation of the People ... on the move to cast their vote through absentee ballot system. ref http voterswithoutborders.org ... set of circumstances. The Constitution of Ireland Irish constitution requires a secret ballot and the courts ..., nursing homes and other similar institutions. Israel Israel does not have an absentee ballot ... is available. Voters can authorise someone else to cast their ballot without having to go through a registration procedure. Voters can cast a maximum of 2 proxy votes along with their own ballot. Postal ... INSPECTORS AND SPECIAL BALLOT RECEPTION AND CUSTODY GROUP ON THE VOTING, COUNTING, AND TRANSMISSION ... also allow it for cantonal ballot issues. All voters receive their personal ballot by mail and may either cast it at a polling station or mail it back. Thailand Absentee ballot started in Thailand ... of Thailand 1997 constitution . The absentee ballot can be cast within Thailand and in foreign countries, where Thailand has diplomatic missions. Voters can cast the absentee ballot in 2 cases ... to cast their absentee ballot must register with the election committee 30 days in advance prior to the general ... more details
Ballot access rules, called nomination rules outside the United States , regulate the conditions ... ballot access rules can impact the civil rights of candidates, political parties and voters. Overview of ballot access Each U.S. State state has its own ballot access laws to determine who may ... argument put forward by States for restricting ballot access has been the presumption that setting ballot access criteria too low would result in numerous candidates on the ballot, splitting the votes ... to print 100 names on a ballot. However, proponents of ballot access reform say that reasonably easy access to the ballot does not lead to a glut of candidates, even where many candidates do appear on the ballot, as was the case in the crowded 2003 California recall . In that case, such actual crowding did not confuse voters Even though 135 candidates appeared on the ballot, newspapers reported ... access.org 2003 1101.html 10 Recall Results , Ballot Access News , 1 November 2003 . Retrieved 22 September 2008. ref Historically, there were generally no restrictions on ballot access in the United States until after the introduction of the so called Australian ballot beginning in the 1880s ... to the polling place and deposit it in the ballot box. The 1880s reform movement that led to officially ... over who could be on the ballot. As historian Peter Argersinger has pointed out, the reform that conferred power on officials to regulate who may be on the ballot carried with it the danger that this power ... Democratic Parties , would enact restrictive ballot access laws to influence election outcomes to ensure ... ballot reform movement, Dean Wigmore , suggested that ten signatures might be an appropriate requirement for nomination to the official ballot for a legislative office. In the twentieth century, ballot ... that the burdens created by these new ballot access requirements usually in the form of difficult signature ... candidates. ref Richard Winger, http www.ballot access.org winger iba.html The Importance of Ballot ... more details
The Peace Ballot of 1935 was a nationwide questionnaire of five questions attempting to discover the British public s attitude to the League of Nations and collective security . The Ballot was largely organised by the League of Nations Union and spearheaded by the LNU s president, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Lord Robert Cecil . It was not an official referendum , although millions of people voted in it. According to Dame Adelaide Livingstone who wrote the official history of the ballot, the first objective of the Peace Ballot from the outset, even before the questions had been posed, was to prove that the United Kingdom British public supported a policy of the League of Nations as the central determining factor of British foreign policy. Half a million supporters asked all those registered to vote in parliamentary elections. From February 1935 onwards through to May there was a rapid rise in the numbers of people voting in the Ballot. The poll was completed in June 1935 and the final results were announced on 28 June 1935. The total number who voted was approximately 11,000,000. By contrast 20,991,488 of people voted in the United Kingdom general election, 1935 general election five months later. The first question of the Ballot was Should Great Britain remain a Member of the League of Nations? . Yes , 11,090,387. No , 355,883. The second question was Are you in favour of all round reduction of armaments by international agreement? . Yes , 10,470,489. No , 862,775. The third question was Are you in favour of an all round abolition of national military and naval aircraft by international agreement? . Yes , 9,533,558. No , 1,689,786. The fourth question was Should ... and Foreign Policy , The Public Opinion Quarterly , Vol. 1, No. 1. January, 1937 , pp. 57 8. ref The Ballot ... if other countries continued to re arm. The Peace Ballot s supporters included the Labour Party UK Labour ... and physicians . Notes references References Dame Adelaide Livingstone , The Peace Ballot The Official ... more details
A provisional constitution , interim constitution or transitional constitution is a constitution intended to serve during a transitional period until a permanent constitution is adopted. The following countries currently have, or have had in the past, such a constitution. Currently in force Egypt 2011 Provisional Constitution since 30 March 2011 Libya Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration since 3 August 2011 Nepal Constitution of Nepal Interim Constitution of Nepal since 15 January 2007 South Sudan Constitution of South Sudan Transitional Constitution of South Sudan since 9 July 2011 In the past Republic of China Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China from 11 March 1912 to 1 June 1931 Confederate States of America Provisional Confederate States Constitution from 8 February to 11 March 1861 Iraq Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period from 28 June 2004 to 15 October 2005 Indonesia Provisional Constitution of 1950 from 17 August 1950 to 5 July 1959 Ireland D il Constitution from 21 January 1919 to 6 December 1922 South Africa Interim Constitution of South Africa from 27 April 1994 to 4 February 1997 Tanzania Constitution of Tanzania Interim Constitution 1964 1977 Interim Constitution of Tanzania from 1964 to 1977 Thailand 2006 Interim Constitution of Thailand from 1 October 2006 to 19 August 2007 Category Provisional constitutions ... more details
voting A refused ballot , or similar alternative, is a choice available to voters in many elections . This is an alternative for many people to casting a disparaging Spoiled ballot , which is not counted separately from ballots which have been accidentally spoiled. Canada As of March 2011, Canadian federal elections do not currently allow a ballot to be refused ref http www.elections.ca res pub ecdocs EC50355 e.pdf ref . Referred to as a protest ballot, according to Elections Canada. In provincial elections, the provinces of Manitoba , Nova Scotia , Ontario and Alberta , as well as the Yukon Territory , all allow voters to refuse their ballot at a polling station , which is then recorded as having been refused. Citation needed date September 2011 During the Canadian federal election, 2000 2000 Canadian federal election , a number of voters chiefly in Edmonton, Alberta ate their ballots, as part of what they dubbed the Edible Ballot Society , to protest what they saw as inherently unfair elections. The stunt led Elections Canada to propose that there be legislation allowing federal ballots to be officially refused. ref http www.cbc.ca canadavotes2004 dailyanswer answerweekone.html may29 CBC Canada Votes 2004 Daily Answer Answer Reference Shelf Bot generated title ref Russia Russian electoral ballots used to contain a box named Against All , allowing the voter to register a protest vote against all the candidates running. This was abolished by the Duma in 2006. sup http www.angus reid.com polls index.cfm fuseaction viewItem itemID 12773 sup A March 2004 opinion poll saw ruling President Vladimir Putin draw 70 support from Russians, but Against All managed to claim the second place, ahead of the other candidates. ref http www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca historyandclassics news.cfm?story 25089 News Story Department of History and Classics University of Alberta Bot generated title ref In December 2004, Against All actually managed to draw the highest number of votes in the electoral ... more details
Infobox film name After the Ballot director Manuel Foglia released Film date 2008 country Film Canada After the Ballot Original French title Chers lecteurs is a documentary film by Manuel Foglia, produced by the National Film Board of Canada . The film was released in 2008. It follows the lives of two Qu bec MNAs Charlotte L cuyer , a Liberal back bencher, and Daniel Turp , a Parti Qu b cois Shadow Minister . The film follows L cuyer and her troubles with her own government. She wants to preserve her riding s lumbering jobs, although her government, insofar as it is presented in the film, is committed to preserving forests. Turp, on the hand, does not seem to have the same constituency problems. Here, the film focuses on his reaction to various political actions undertaken by the PQ, and his considering running for PQ leadership. ref name CM cite journal last Loreto first Frank title After the Ballot journal Canadian Materials date 4 November 2011 volume XVIII issue 10 url http www.umanitoba.ca cm vol18 no10 aftertheballot.html accessdate 22 February 2012 publisher Manitoba Library Association ref ref name Marin cite news last Marin first Lili title hauteur de d put url http www.radio canada.ca arts spectacles cinema 2008 11 21 001 chers electeurs.asp accessdate 22 February 2012 newspaper CBC News date 9 June 2009 language French ref Of these two MNAs only Charlotte L cuyer has held on to her seat in subsequent elections. Daniel Turp lost his seat to Qu bec solidaire member Amir Khadir . The filming took place during the Liberal Party s first majority government 2003 2007 , under Premier Jean Charest . During the filming, Bernard Landry faced a leadership challenged, launched, in part, by Pauline Marois . Landry lost support of his party, and stepped down as leader. Marois would not win the following leadership election, the prize instead going to Andr Boisclair ... http www.nfb.ca film after ballot After the Ballot at NFB.ca DEFAULTSORT After The Ballot Category 2008 ... more details
ballot is a voting system used to elect a single winner. Under the exhaustive ballot the elector ... has a majority. The exhaustive ballot is similar to the two round system but with key differences ... in the second round. By contrast, on the exhaustive ballot only one candidate is eliminated per round ... may have to cast votes several times, the exhaustive ballot is not used in large scale public elections ... of a prime minister or the presiding officer of an assembly. The exhaustive ballot is currently ... An example of a ballot paper. In each round of an exhaustive ballot the voter simply marks an x beside ... Under some variants of the exhaustive ballot there is no formal rule for eliminating candidates ... Farmer Labor Party for U.S. Senate endorsement 2008 will use an exhaustive ballot with a dropoff ... Candidates receiving less than 5 will be dropped after the first ballot. On subsequent ballots, the dropoff threshold will be raised by 5 each ballot to a maximum of 25 . After the fifth ballot and each subsequent ballot, the lowest remaining candidates will be dropped so that no more than two candidates ..., then the two candidates who received the highest percent of the vote on the prior ballot shall be the remaining ... I An election using the exhaustive ballot is held at a restaurant to choose a dessert item. There are 25 ... Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament are elected by the exhaustive ballot method. The host city of the Olympic Games is chosen by an exhaustive ballot of members of the International Olympic ... of the British House of Commons is elected by secret ballot by members of the house. If no candidate ... proceed according to the ordinary rules of the exhaustive ballot. The Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons is elected under essentially the same variant of the exhaustive ballot used for the British ... is reached on the first ballot, additional rounds follow until one candidate reaches a majority. In the past ... the conventions. Similar systems The two round system As noted above the exhaustive ballot is similar ... more details
A provisional law Norwegian provisorisk anordning is an ordinance passed by the Norwegian cabinet in agreement with article 17 of the Norwegian constitution. The article declares that the King may issue and repeal ordinances relating to commerce, customs, all livelihoods and the police, although these must not conflict with the Constitution or with the laws passed by the Storting ... The ordinance is valid until the next assembly of the Storting. ref name cons17 cite web url http www.lovdata.no all hl 18140517 000.html title The Constitution of Norway 17 accessdate August 3, 2011 ref A provisional law can only be passed when the Storting is not assembled, and is only valid until the next Storting either repeals the law or passes it as ordinary legislation. The use of such laws is not restricted to states of emergency . The most common application of provisional laws is the enforcement of forced arbitration whenever a strike threatens social integrity by interfering with vital health services or infrastructure. References Reflist See also Provisional application treaty Category Norwegian law Category Legal terms no Provisorisk anordning nn Provisorisk anordning ... more details
Provisional Order is a method of procedure followed by several government departments in England, authorizing action on the part of local authorities under various acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament . Procedure by provisional order is a substitute for the more expensive course of Local and Personal Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom private bill legislation it is usually employed for such purposes as alteration of areas, compulsory purchase of land and building of light railways. A preliminary local inquiry is first held in public by an inspector of the department to whom application has been made to issue it. Upon the report of the inspector and other information, the department decides whether or not to issue the order. The order when issued has no force until it is confirmed by parliament. For this purpose it is included with other orders in a confirming bill, introduced by the minister at the head of the department concerned. In both houses of parliament all provisional order bills are referred to examiners for compliance with standing orders. In the House of Lords , if a provisional order bill is opposed, it is referred to a select committee and then to a committee of the whole house if not opposed, it goes, after second reading, to a committee of the whole house, and in both cases then proceeds as a public bill. In the British House of Commons House of Commons , the bill goes after second reading to the committee of selection or to the general committee on railway and canal bills if unopposed it is treated as an unopposed private bill if opposed it goes to a private bill committee, which hears evidence for and against. A provisional order bill can not be passed without the consent of the House of Lords under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 . update date November 2010 1911 DEFAULTSORT Provisional Order Category Statutory law Category English law ... more details
Image Malcolm X NYWTS 2a.jpg right thumb Malcolm X, March 1964. The Ballot or the Bullet is the name of a public speaking public speech by human rights activist Malcolm X . In the speech, which was delivered on April 3, 1964, at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland , Ohio , ref Malcolm X Speaks , p. 23. ref Malcolm advised African American s to judiciously exercise their right to vote, but he cautioned that if the government continued to prevent African Americans from attaining full equality, it might be necessary for them to take up arms. It was ranked 7th in the top 100 American ... Malcolm X Speaks , p. 24. ref blockquote The ballot Malcolm X noted that 1964 was an election year ... a weapon the ballot could be, if it was exercised with care blockquote A ballot is like a bullet ..., keep your ballot in your pocket. ref name Speaks38 Malcolm X Speaks , p. 38. ref blockquote The government Although he advocated exercising the ballot, Malcolm X expressed skepticism that voting would ... more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for what we re supposed to get when we cast a ballot and that if we don t cast a ballot, it s going to end up in a situation where we re going to have to cast a bullet. It s either a ballot or a bullet. ref Malcolm X Speaks , p. 30. ref blockquote ... these people never dreamed of. In 1964, it s the ballot or the bullet. ref name Speaks44 blockquote Analysis The Ballot or the Bullet served several purposes at a critical point in Malcolm X s life. It was part ... from the Nation of Islam The Ballot or the Bullet presented a fundamental difference with the Nation ..., a common theme of his speeches when he was the spokesman for the Nation of Islam. In The Ballot or the Bullet ... http teachingamericanhistory.org library index.asp?document 1147 The Ballot or the Bullet , Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland, April 3, 1964 http thespeechsite.com en famous.shtml The Ballot ... Ballot Or The Bullet Category Speeches by Malcolm X Category 1964 in politics ja The Ballot or the Bullet ... more details
File PuertoPrincipeProvisionalStamp.jpg right thumb 1899 Cuban provisional stamp printed in the town of Puerto Pr ncipe. Note that cents is misspelled eents Linn s World Stamp Almanac ref Donna O Keefe Houseman, editor Linn s World Stamp Almanac, Millenium 6th Edition . ISBN 978 0940403857 ref defines a provisional stamp as a postage stamp issued for temporary use to meet postal demands until new or regular stocks of stamps can be obtained. ref http www.linns.com howto refresher classifications 20030414 refreshercourse.asp Rick Miller, Lines of stamp classifications have blurred , 20030414 ref The issuance of provisional stamps might be occasioned by a change in name or government, by occupation of foreign territory, by a change in postal rates, by a change of currency, or by the need to provide stamps that are in short supply. An interesting example of issuing provisional stamps occurred during the Spanish American War Spanish American war when supplies of stamps were low and the U.S. had occupation forces in Cuba. They are known as the Postage stamps and postal history of Cuba Puerto Principe provisional stamps of 1898 1899. Over 40 different combinations of overprint ed valuations and underlying Spanish Cuban stamps were produced under the auspices of the military forces over a three week period from December 19, 1898 to January 11, 1899. ref Edifil Cat logo Especializado de Sellos de Cuba, Tomo I 1855 1958 , 2nd Ed. Madrid, 2002 in Spanish . ISSN 84 95019 08 6 ref These were replaced by another provisional set produced by overprinting U.S. stamps in the United States for Cuba. This second set of provisional stamps was sold for about eight months before the U.S. could print Cuban stamps. The U.S. civilian provisionals also included overprinted Postal stationery postal ... 0 9800112 3 4. ref Provisional stamps are usually made by overprint ing, surcharging and occasionally ... es Sello provisional ru ... more details
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