A slip of paper on which the voter wrote the name of the candidate he supported. Cf. bulletin, n.

A voting-paper used in voting by ballot. Act of Billets (Scottish Parliament 1662): a measure by which the twelve persons excepted from the King's…

U.S. regional (Rhode Island and Connecticut). Originally: a written vote for the legislative assembly sent by a deputy. Hence: a voting paper; a…

A voting paper; (also) a voucher. Obsolete.

Originally: a small coloured ball placed in a container to register a secret vote; (hence, by extension) a ticket, paper, etc., so used.

(See quot. 1728.)

a piece of paper used to register a person's vote; a ballot paper.

a voting paper used in secret voting.

Frequently hyphenated or as one word. Chiefly U.S. Very thin smooth translucent paper. Also: a ballot paper made of this. Frequently attributive.