Sentence examples of "ballot" in English

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This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. Estas elecciones tuvieron muchas primicias y muchas relatos que se contarán durante generaciones. Pero una que tengo en mente esta noche trata de una mujer que emitió su voto en Atlanta. Es una mujer parecida a los millones que hicieron cola para hacer oír su voz en estas elecciones, salvo por una cosa: Ann Nixon Cooper tiene 106 años.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot. En la época en que las voces de las mujeres fueron acalladas y sus esperanzas descartadas, ella sobrevivió para verlas levantarse, expresarse y llegar a la votación.
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