There was also a lesson, one that has served ever since to keep Americans, in their conflicts with one another, from turning from the ballot to the bullet.

The result was an agreement that the Lublin Government should be `` reorganized on a broader democratic basis with the inclusion of democratic leaders from Poland itself and from the Poles abroad '', and pledged to hold `` free and unfettered elections as soon as possible on the basis of universal suffrage and secret ballot ''.

The jury foreman, Mrs. Olive Heideman, of rural Elsie, said that a ballot was not even taken until yesterday morning and that the first day of deliberation was spent in going over the evidence.

At the Democratic Convention, when he came in second on the first ballot and faded from there, it became clear that he was too unpopular to run.

" Clinton himself stated that DOMA was something " which the Republicans put on the ballot to try to get the base vote for President Bush up, I think it ’ s obvious that something had to be done to try to keep the Republican Congress from presenting that.

SDP polling agents were given special dispensation by the Returning Officer to have placards outside of polling stations to state which one on the ballot papers was the ' real Roy '.

A leadership election was held later in the year, Jenkins beating Owen in the ballot to become the first party leader.

A legacy of this ballot measure that survives was the naming of streets in the vicinity of the proposed capitol grounds for the counties of California.

In November 2000, a voucher system proposed by Tim Draper was placed on the California ballot as Proposition 38.

Mayo TD Enda Kenny was elected leader of Fine Gael in a secret ballot of the parliamentary party on 5 June 2002.

This was the first time a candidate had won following the first ballot ( where a majority of over two thirds is necessary ).

After a runoff ballot, Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías was inaugurated on January 14, 1991, thus completing the first transition from one democratically elected civilian government to another.

On the second ballot, Tammany threw its support behind Butler, but the rest of the delegates shifted to Cleveland, and he was nominated.

Ciampi, a former Prime Minister and Minister of the Treasury and, before entering the government, the governor of the Bank of Italy, was elected on the first ballot by a comfortable margin over the required two-thirds of the votes.

Eamon Ryan was elected as the new party leader, over party colleagues Phil Kearney and Cllr Malcolm Noonan in a postal ballot election of party members in May 2011.

Clay had come in fourth place and thus was not on the ballot, but he retained considerable power and influence as Speaker of the House.

Clay's personal dislike for Jackson and the similarity of his American System to Adams ' position on tariffs and internal improvements caused him to throw his support to Adams, who was elected by the House on February 9, 1825, on the first ballot.

Though he fell two votes short of the required winning margin of 187 in the second ballot, the result was sufficient to secure immediate concessions from his rivals.

He was elected on the first ballot, becoming the first black player inducted into the Cooperstown museum.

" In 1994, Kemp and Bennett opposed California ballot Proposition 187, a measure to bar illegal immigrants from obtaining public services, in direct opposition to first-term Republican California Governor Pete Wilson, one of its endorsers who was running for re-election.

In October 1991, Akayev ran unopposed and was elected President of the new independent republic by direct ballot, receiving 95 % of the votes cast.

" Additionally, they found that the election was " marred by many problems and irregularities ", citing ballot stuffing and problems with the counting of votes.

A year later, the constitution was amended to provide for a Prime Minister on 10 March 1952, and Nkrumah was elected to that post by a secret ballot in the Assembly, 45 to 31, with eight abstentions on 21 March.

The following year, elections were held for a new 85-seat National Assembly with members elected by secret ballot to five-year terms.

The election was held on 25 September 1930, with 14 candidates receiving a majority on the first ballot and a 15th, Francisco José Urrutia, receiving a majority on the second.

General Ulysses S. Grant announced he was a Republican and was unanimously nominated on the first ballot as the party's standard bearer at the Republican convention in Chicago, Illinois, held on May 20-21, 1868.

The Republican Convention, held in Kansas City, Missouri from June 12 to June 15, nominated Hoover on the first ballot.

The Métis people mandate these governance structures through province-wide ballot box elections held at regular intervals for regional and provincial leadership.

Amongst its numerous proposals were plans to force unions to call a ballot before a strike was held and the establishment of an Industrial Board to enforce settlements in industrial disputes.

) A ballot was held and McMahon was elected leader and thus Prime Minister.

The committee then meets in June where a series of Secret ballot votes is held ; any player with the support of 75 % of the members of the committee present is inducted.

The secret ballot is held, and a new " not guilty " vote appears.

In December 1945, elections for the Albanian People's Assembly were held, with the only ballot choices being those of the communist Democratic Front ( Albania ), led by Enver Hoxha.

Thus the only ballot held to date was for Ripon Grammar School in 2000, when parents rejected change by a ratio of 2 to 1.

In the ballot held on 4 July, Redwood received 89 votes, around a quarter of the then Parliamentary Party.

The Prefectural elections ( popular ballot ) would be held every four years along with the Municipal elections.

A second ballot was held with James winning.

They were to have been held in London, England, United Kingdom, which won the bid in a June 1939 IOC election over Rome, Detroit, Lausanne, Athens, Budapest, Helsinki and Montreal on the first ballot.

In office, Rewbell dealt with the Royalist attempted coup d ' état ( The 18 Fructidor ), as well as the Conspiracy of the Equals ; he engineered the annexation of Rhenania and the southern Low Countries to the Republic, as well as the invasion of Switzerland ( and the creation of the Helvetic Republic ), but was retired by ballot in 1799, after being held responsible for the French defeats of that year in front of the Second Coalition.

) Courts in both Hawaii and New York held that he could be excluded from the ballot because he could not possibly meet the Constitutional criteria.

Voting on the ballot of five nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held.

The Network ’ s stated mission is " preserving and expanding private property rights in Michigan by elevating public awareness of these rights and how to protect them ; encouraging policymakers to respect property rights when crafting laws and regulations ; and identifying, organizing and supporting concerned property owners, thereby establishing an effective statewide property-rights coalition .” In 2006 initiative scholars “ educated legislators who drafted the Proposal 4 ballot measure that prevents Kelo-type takings in Michigan .” The network has held citizen meetings around the state raising consciousness regarding both physical taking of private property via the government ’ s power of eminent domain and by regulatory taking.

That August, when elections were held for the state governments of the new nation, Stockton and William Livingston each received the same number of votes to be the Governor of New Jersey on the first ballot.

MacKay entered the first ballot of the PC leadership convention held on May 31, 2003 with roughly 41 % of the delegates supporting him.

Despite ballot stuffing by Cincinnati Reds fans, he appeared in the All-Star Game, held at Sportsman's Park.

Despite his inexperience, Peterson nevertheless came within 45 votes of defeating Stuart Smith on the third and final ballot of a delegated convention held on January 25, 1976.

Again considered to be on the right of the party, he defeated the more left-leaning Sheila Copps on the second ballot of a convention vote, held on February 21, 1982.