provisionals

This year's number of applicable provisionals is presumably somewhere in the middle.

Sound Politics: More good news for Reichert in King County's Friday numbers 2006

The main work on provisionals is the verification in the cubbies (photo 2 above).

Sound Politics: Provisional Ballot Processing 2006

And they waited so long that the provisionals became the dominant factor and they're still called the provisionals or the provos.

The Irish Troubles: A Generation of Violence 1967-1992 1993

In my personal observation of competitive races in 2003, 2004, and 2005, both statewide and in assorted local campaigns, the first count of absentee ballots has always been the best batch for Democrats (excluding special ballots counted at the end such as provisionals, spoiled ballots, etc.).

Sound Politics: What to Expect: Early Local Results 2006

"If France voted as it speaks it would be governed by a coalition of green Maoists and Khmer Rouge provisionals."

TV review: Jonathan Meades on France; Bouncers 2012

Some 16,000 provisionals and 93,000 machine-rejected ballots have never been counted from a 2004 election decided by an official margin of less than 119,000 votes.

Last US House Seat Filled on Grave of Stolen 2004 Election Bob Fitrakis 2010

The pattern, which also includes Venezuelan support for the FARC quasi-nation inside Colombia, resembles Libya's rogue behavior of the 1970s that was a Cold War sideshow, with leader Muammar Kaddhafi providing training and support to radical Levantine groups, IRA provisionals and the Red Brigades.

Eric Ehrmann: Is Hugo Chavez the Kremlin's Useful Idiot? 2010

I cannot imagine provisionals moving the numbers away from Tom.

Waldo Jaquith - Watching the Goode/Perriello tally. 2008

The pattern, which also includes Venezuelan support for the FARC quasi-nation inside Colombia, resembles Libya's rogue behavior of the 1970s that was a Cold War sideshow, with leader Muammar Kaddhafi providing training and support to radical Levantine groups, IRA provisionals and the Red Brigades.

Is Hugo Chavez the Kremlin's Useful Idiot? 2010

Some 16,000 provisionals and 93,000 machine-rejected ballots have never been counted from a 2004 election decided by an official margin of less than 119,000 votes.

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman: Last US House Seat Filled on Grave of Stolen 2004 Election 2010