Nina Turner

A government reflects the views of those who select it, and if people are unable to cast their ballot because the voting hours aren't convenient for them or because other hurdles have been raised too high we get a less representative government as a result.

American Politician

Stacey Abrams

The formerly incarcerated - returning citizens - often face a cruel irony in America. Having paid their debt to society, too many are banned from the ballot box that could help them dismantle policies that essentially extend their sentences.

I've never voted in my life. I've never felt able to put my pen to a ballot paper because there was nobody I believed I could vote for. They were all working for the bankers. There was nobody for the people.

English Dancer

Kellyanne Conway

The country is increasingly culturally conservative, with a small C. Every time marriage is on the ballot, it passes. People are increasingly pro-life. They don't like taxes.

American Businesswoman

Michael Capuano

The whole purpose of me seeking public office is to make the world a better place. When I put my name on the ballot, I obviously think that I'm the best candidate to do that.

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.

Polish Activist

Abraham Lincoln

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

American President

Kate Brown

As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.

Benazir Bhutto

Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.

Pakistani Leader

Roy Cooper

I will always stand up to protect fair access to the ballot box.

Ballot often refers to the overall process or method of voting, not just the paper.

Voting Process

Ballot is associated with privacy; votes are usually cast in secret.

Secrecy Emphasis

Ballot commonly appears in discussions about democratic processes and rights.

Democracy Context

Ballot can mean the physical item used for voting, like a paper or card.

Physical Item

On ballots, you make specific choices among candidates or options.

Specific Choices

After voting ends, ballots are collected for counting to determine the outcome.

Vote Counting

To ballot means to hold a vote among a specific group to make a decision.

Decision Making

Balloting can be a way for workers to vote on strike actions or labor decisions.

Strike Voting

Ballot as a verb emphasizes consulting a group to gather individual opinions or votes.

Group Consultation

 The US is one of the few major democracies in the world that puts the onus of voter registration on the individual voter, rather than the government. The rules that govern how to vote vary from state to state, and sometimes even county to county. And we have ballots that are pages and pages long.

What's needed to bring...

 after you drop your vote into the ballot box. And most people would go home and feel sure that their vote has been counted, because they trust that the election system works. They trust that election workers and election observers do their jobs and do their jobs correctly.

David Bismark: E-voting...

 So let's do our best, vote, but this time, we've got to stay vigilant and active, even after the ballots have been counted. We've got to stay active all the way through to inauguration day. But I want to say to you, I will support the winner of a free and fair election

What if a US presidential...

 are choosing the politicians that make decisions for all of us collectively. Trust in the US government and politicians is at an all-time low, and the ballot box isn't helping. If we can't even cast a vote easily, why would we ever trust the process

An election system that...

 Afterwards, though, the vacuum was too often filled by the most militant and violent. Protest can generate lasting positive change when it's followed by an equally passionate effort to mobilize voters, to cast ballots, to understand government,

How to turn protest into...

 local election officials knew that the presidential election was going to be really important and they wanted to make sure that everyone could use and read the ballots they were putting out and knowing that there were thousands of

Democracy is a design...

 is about forging a deeper version of democracy in which we the people, we don't just cast ballots every few years, we take part daily in the rules and institutions that hold us together, in which everyone, even the least powerful,

How to put the power of...

 our organizations are so important here i think more than any other election in history this is the election where what's on the ballot is not the candidates what's on the ballot is whether it's actually worth it to vote

Continuing the Fight for...

 who is willing to let neighborhoods secede from their district so that kids could go to all-white schools -- in the 21st century? Or how many of us might have supported a ballot measure

Candis Watts Smith: 3...

 They love and they care, and they show compassion no matter what. We live in a time of moral choices everywhere we at the border, at the ballot box,