Democrats believe they can win at the ballot box by obstructing, and they would rather win the next election than move America forward.
Money has much more power down the ballot.
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.
They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.
I think that speaking is the most important thing we can do, but let's talk about what it means to speak effectively. We can talk in an echo chamber to our friends on social media and otherwise - and that's important, that's how we encourage and educate one another. But speech that leads to action is critical. And it doesn't sound very sexy, but one of the most important ways to speak in a way that makes an impact is to vote. Speaking at the ballot box is the most important place that we speak.
The design of the notorious Palm Beach County "butterfly ballot" in the 2000 Presidential election is certainly one of them. But I would say most of the time this is less about a conscious attempt to manipulate an outcome, and more about pure ineptitude.
The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box.
We've had to be creative to get on the ballot.
I am a member of Congress. And I do have a choice as to whether or not to continue as DNC chair and be neutral and do everything I can and put in the kind of time and hours and days on the road that I do to make sure that we can elect Democrats up and down the ballot and elect a Democrat as president. Or I could not be chair and go work for the candidate of my choice. I`m choosing to remain as chair so that I can fight like hell to make sure that the jokers on the other side of the aisle aren`t able to get hold of the White House.
You aren't just voting for the president. So many issues that affect your everyday life are decided locally on that ballot as well. So go get that god damn sticker. Your country needs you.
Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that.
The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office.
The ballot is stronger than bullets.
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.
Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.
You can't put civil rights on the ballot.
The ballot is the only safety.
