balloting

bal·lot

B0045900 (băl′ət)n.1. A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one.2. The act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret.3. A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.4. The total of all votes cast in an election.5. The right to vote; franchise.6. A small ball once used to register a secret vote.intr.v. bal·lot·ed, bal·lot·ing, bal·lots 1. To cast a ballot; vote.2. To draw lots.

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[Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote, diminutive of dialectal balla, ball, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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bal′lot·er n.

balloting

(ˈbælətɪŋ) nvoting in an election

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balloting - a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"vote, voting, ballotselection, choice, option, pick - the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"block vote - a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate representssecret ballot - a vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are publicsplit ticket - a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one partystraight ticket - a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one partymultiple voting - the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.)casting vote - the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tieveto - a vote that blocks a decisionwrite-in - a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot

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