He voted in the 1972 presidential election via absentee ballot. Mail ballots are similar in many respects to an absentee ballot. District-level delegates are selected by voters on the presidential primary ballot. There were a total of 39 candidates for the election on the ballot. Her effort to place a marriage amendment on a referendum ballot in 2004 failed. Election officials regularly obstructed access to the ballot box. Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot. Nine candidates appeared on the presidential primary ballot. May won the leadership with 65% of the vote on the first ballot. Twelve Republicans were mentioned as potential replacements for Collins on the general election ballot. None of the candidates on the ballot were elected. Nixon narrowly secured the nomination on the first ballot. Kennedy won the nomination on the first ballot. Amendment Bill, drawn from the ballot. Polling results ahead of the leadership ballot were mixed.