2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/155753We prove an analogue of the classical ballot theorem that holds for any random walk in the range of attraction of the normal distribution. Our result is best possible: we exhibit examples demonstrating that if any of our hypotheses are removed, our conclusions may no longer hold.21 pages; substantially simplified the proof of the positive resultProbabilitytext