Votes

Usage examples of ballots.

Gore knew this, and tried to make sure the ballots underwent maximum scrutiny before they could be counted.

It states that overseas absentee ballots can only be counted if they were cast and signed on or before election day, and mailed and postmarked from another country by election day.

A July 2001 investigation by the New York Times showed that of the 2,490 overseas ballots that ended up being included in the certified election results, 680 were considered flawed and questionable.

The first step was to make sure that as many ballots got in as possible.

Republican operatives sent out frantic E-mails to navy ships asking them to dig up any ballots that might be hanging around.

Bush counties, predictably, 6 out of 10 such ballots made it into the final tally.

After only seven ballots, already seven different cardinals had been named.

Vatican City, Cardinal Mortati carried another tray of ballots to the Sistine Chapel chimney.

Leaving the plate on top of the chalice, Mortati shook the ballots to mix them.

He took the thread carrying all the ballots and tied the ends together to create a ring.

Far away, in Vatican City, Cardinal Mortati carried another tray of ballots to the Sistine Chapel chimney.

Those 14,540 stalwarts who cast their ballots for Martinez surely gave thought to the consequences.

Another unfortunate choice was Hialeah policeman Glenn Rice, a Martinez campaign volunteer who signed 20 absentee ballots as a witness.

Defeated incumbent Joe Carollo and the newly chosen mayor, Xavier Suarez, are battling over the mishandling and forgery of absentee ballots, which resulted in at least one verified dead person, Manuel Yip, casting a vote.

Usually when ballots of long-dead residents turn up, forgery is the presumed explanation.