Ballot and Primary

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Ballot noun - A piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election.

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Primary and ballot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Primary" instead a noun "Ballot".

Nearby Words: balloting, balloted

Primary noun - A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen.

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Ballot and primary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ballot" instead a noun "Primary".

Nearby Words: prime, prim, primarily, primal

And then when conservatives who never supported Trump cast about for a possible third candidate to support, they were stymied in getting one on the ballot in all 50 states because the deadline for getting a third-party candidate on the ballot in Texas was the week after the Indiana primary.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Real Life
Colbert continued his satirical run for "President of the United States of South Carolina" anyway, and encouraged his fans to vote for Herman Cain (who'd withdrawn from the race but was already on the ballot) in the Republican Primary as a proxy for him.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law

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