by ballot

基本解释

Instead, it encourages special interests to wage war by ballot measure until one lobby prevails and imposes its will on all.
相反，它鼓勵那些特定利益團躰發起選票大戰，直到一方取勝，將其意志施加於所有人。
California’s governorship is a pretty weak one: the state’s government is a mess of competing districts, counties and cities, with much of the budget mandated by ballot initiatives.
加州州長本來就不是一個強勢的位置：州政府由一群混亂的下級政府（地區、郡縣、城市）組成，相互之間還多存在競爭關系，而且大多數的預算取決於全民投票的結果（譯者注：加州的政治中全民投票是很重要的環節，經常被使用，甚至被某些政治研究機搆稱爲加州政府的第四分支）。
He was elected by ballot.
他以投票表決獲選。

There is debate over "budget by ballot" putting tax questions to popular votes.
His re-election bid is being tarnished by reports of massive ballot-box stuffing by his supporters, who also allegedly created fake polling sites.
But the former foreign minister says he will not accept the results, alleging favoritism in the process for the incumbent and the inclusion of tainted votes amid widespread reports of wholesale ballot box stuffing by Karzai supporters.

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