Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: balloting, vote, voting

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

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