About The Word Ballot
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Ballot
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What's The Definition Of Ballot?
[n] a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
[n] a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting [v] vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ballot: balloting | vote | voting Related Terms | Find terms related to Ballot: absentee ballot | Australian ballot | aye | blanket ballot | canvass | canvassing | casting vote | counting heads | cumulative voting | deciding vote | division | enfranchisement | fagot vote | franchise | graveyard vote | hand vote | Hare system | Indiana ballot | list system | long ballot | Massachusetts ballot | nay | no | nonpartisan ballot | nontransferable vote | office-block ballot | party emblem | party-column ballot | plebiscite | plebiscitum | plumper | plural vote | poll | polling | preferential voting | proportional representation | proxy | record vote | referendum | representation | right to vote | rising vote | sample ballot | say | secret ballot | short ballot | show of hands | single vote | slate | snap vote | split ticket | straight ticket | straw vote | suffrage | ticket | transferable vote | viva voce | voice | voice vote | vote | vote in | voting | voting right | write-in | write-in vote | yea | yeas and nays | yes See Also | absentee ballot | block vote | casting vote | choice | document | multiple voting | option | papers | pick | secret ballot | selection | split ticket | straight ticket | veto | vote | written document Ballot In Webster's Dictionary \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It.
ballotta. See {Ball} round body.]
1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any
printed or written ticket used in voting.
2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots
or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by
tickets.
The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens.
3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a
given territory or electoral district.
{Ballot box}, a box for receiving ballots.
\Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balloted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Balloting}.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See {Ballot}, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. \Bal"lot\, v. t. To vote for or in opposition to. None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. --Sir H. Wotton. |
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