ballot boxn.

Brit.

/ˈbalət bɒks/, U.S.

/ˈbælət ˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ballot n.¹, box n.²

Etymology: < ballot n.¹ + box n.² Compare earlier balloting box at balloting n. Compounds.

Originally: a box in which small balls or tokens were deposited in secret voting, or from which, in drawing lots, balls were taken out. Later: a sealed box into which voters put completed ballot papers; (hence, by metonymy) the ballot itself; voting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > vessel for holding

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a1677 J. Harrington Benefit of Ballot (?1680) 4 The Syndick, or chief Officer for that purpose, takes the Ballot-Box, and opens it in the view of all the Company.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 23 Some held no Way so orthodox To try it, as the Ballot-Box.

1733 W. Oldisworth tr. L. G. Gozliski Accomplished Senator i. vii. 134 The Popular Urn, or Ballot-Box, is only one of Blind Fortune's Tools and Implements, by which She deals out Honours and Offices.

1776 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 1774–89 (Libr. of Congr.) (1906) IV. 167 The Members having prepared tickets..and put the same into the Ballot Box.

1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn v. 170 The people..were to elect their representatives..by the ballot-box.

1879 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 438 To educate our daughters..and give them an equal right to express their opinions at the ballot-box.

1927 Times 7 Oct. 13/1 A scandal about the use of sliding panels in ballot boxes used at Labour pre-selection ballots.

1934 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 3 583/2 We speak of ourselves as a democracy by which we mean that through the ballot box..we express..public opinion.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 258/2 About 1,700 armed Missourians invaded Kansas and stuffed the ballot boxes.

1986 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 Dec. 23/1 Politicians recently have re-assessed the formidable ‘grey power’ of elderly citizens in terms of the ballot box.

2006 Edmonton Sun (Alberta) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 4 A former Pictou County councillor..was convicted..of throwing a ballot box in Boat Harbour.

Compounds

ballot box stuffer n. originally U.S. a person who engages in ballot-box stuffing.

ΚΠ

1856 N.-Y. Daily Times 14 June 1/5 Bands of ballot-box stuffers.

1927 D. Tilden Lynch ‘Boss’ Tweed xiii. 153 Wood was specifically accused of stuffing the ballot boxes at the party primary, and of detailing policemen..to protect the ballot box stuffers and to intimidate his opponents.

2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 7 Ballot-box stuffers are often ‘naive’, filling boxes with forms folded the same way.

ballot box stuffing n. originally U.S. the practice of fraudulently attempting to affect the result of an election, typically by casting more than one's allotted number of votes; an instance of this.

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1854 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 16 Sept. 2/6 Let him go before the democracy of the interior..where ballot box stuffing and shoulder-lifting bravado are not known.

1911 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 5 584 This system..offers a complete safeguard against ballot-box stuffing.

2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 15 Hundreds of complaints of voting fraud in last week's Iraqi election, including police intimidation, ballot box stuffing and death threats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ballot box
释义	ballot boxn. Brit. /ˈbalət bɒks/, U.S. /ˈbælət ˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ballot n.¹, box n.² Etymology: < ballot n.¹ + box n.² Compare earlier balloting box at balloting n. Compounds. Originally: a box in which small balls or tokens were deposited in secret voting, or from which, in drawing lots, balls were taken out. Later: a sealed box into which voters put completed ballot papers; (hence, by metonymy) the ballot itself; voting. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > vessel for holding urn1513 balloting box1620 balloting glass1620 ballot boxa1677 a1677 J. Harrington Benefit of Ballot (?1680) 4 The Syndick, or chief Officer for that purpose, takes the Ballot-Box, and opens it in the view of all the Company. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 23 Some held no Way so orthodox To try it, as the Ballot-Box. 1733 W. Oldisworth tr. L. G. Gozliski Accomplished Senator i. vii. 134 The Popular Urn, or Ballot-Box, is only one of Blind Fortune's Tools and Implements, by which She deals out Honours and Offices. 1776 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 1774–89 (Libr. of Congr.) (1906) IV. 167 The Members having prepared tickets..and put the same into the Ballot Box. 1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn v. 170 The people..were to elect their representatives..by the ballot-box. 1879 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 438 To educate our daughters..and give them an equal right to express their opinions at the ballot-box. 1927 Times 7 Oct. 13/1 A scandal about the use of sliding panels in ballot boxes used at Labour pre-selection ballots. 1934 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 3 583/2 We speak of ourselves as a democracy by which we mean that through the ballot box..we express..public opinion. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 258/2 About 1,700 armed Missourians invaded Kansas and stuffed the ballot boxes. 1986 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 Dec. 23/1 Politicians recently have re-assessed the formidable ‘grey power’ of elderly citizens in terms of the ballot box. 2006 Edmonton Sun (Alberta) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 4 A former Pictou County councillor..was convicted..of throwing a ballot box in Boat Harbour. Compounds ballot box stuffer n. originally U.S. a person who engages in ballot-box stuffing. ΚΠ 1856 N.-Y. Daily Times 14 June 1/5 Bands of ballot-box stuffers. 1927 D. Tilden Lynch ‘Boss’ Tweed xiii. 153 Wood was specifically accused of stuffing the ballot boxes at the party primary, and of detailing policemen..to protect the ballot box stuffers and to intimidate his opponents. 2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 7 Ballot-box stuffers are often ‘naive’, filling boxes with forms folded the same way. ballot box stuffing n. originally U.S. the practice of fraudulently attempting to affect the result of an election, typically by casting more than one's allotted number of votes; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1854 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 16 Sept. 2/6 Let him go before the democracy of the interior..where ballot box stuffing and shoulder-lifting bravado are not known. 1911 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 5 584 This system..offers a complete safeguard against ballot-box stuffing. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 15 Hundreds of complaints of voting fraud in last week's Iraqi election, including police intimidation, ballot box stuffing and death threats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1677
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