Definition of BALLOT. Meaning of BALLOT. Synonyms of BALLOT

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Definition of BALLOT

Ballot
Ballot 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.
Ballot
Ballot 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.
Ballot
Ballot 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.

Meaning of BALLOT from wikipedia

- A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting. It was originally a small ball...
- The Longest Ballot Committee is a political movement in Canada, at one time affiliated with the Rhinoceros Party, known for flooding ballots with a large...
- The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This...
- A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a direct vote by the electorate (rather than their representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue...
- A sample ballot is a do****ent sent to registered voters to help them prepare for an election. A sample ballot usually provides the voter's polling place...
- Buys Ballot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbœyz bɑˈlɔt]; October 10, 1817 – February 3, 1890) was a Dutch chemist and meteorologist after whom Buys Ballot's law...
- just one choice is on the ballot, and these are often counted manually. In elections where many choices are on the same ballot, counts are often done by...
- Ballot stuffing, or "ballot-box stuffing", is the illegal practice of one person submitting multiple ballots during a vote in which only one ballot per...
- Ballot access are rules and procedures regulating the right to candidacy, the conditions under which a candidate, political party, or ballot measure is...
- Ballot curing (ballot cure) is the process of correcting minor errors, typically involving voter identification issues with mail-in or absentee ballots...