ballot
21ballot — n vote, *suffrage, franchise …
22Ballot — A ballot is a device (originally a small ball see blackball) used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter… …
23ballot — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ secret ▪ open ▪ postal (BrE) ▪ absentee (esp. AmE) ▪ provisional ▪ …
24ballot — The document distributed at the annual meeting to shareholders of record who wish to vote their shares in person. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. ballot bal‧lot 1 [ˈbælət] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. an occasion when people can… …
25ballot — Derived from ballotta, a round bullet, used for casting a vote. Process or means of voting, usually in secret, by written or printed tickets or slips of paper, or voting machine. Piece of paper or levers on voting machine on which the voter gives …
26ballot — Derived from ballotta, a round bullet, used for casting a vote. Process or means of voting, usually in secret, by written or printed tickets or slips of paper, or voting machine. Piece of paper or levers on voting machine on which the voter gives …
27ballot — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, absentee ballot, aye, blanket ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement …
28ballot — n. 1) to cast a ballot 2) to invalidate a ballot 3) an absentee; open; secret; straw; void ballot 4) a ballot against; for 5) by ballot (to vote by secret ballot) * * * [ bælət] for open secret: straw: void ballot a ballot against an a …
29ballot — 01. Some voters believe that their [ballots] were destroyed before the election results were counted. 02. Mark an X on the [ballot] beside the name of the candidate of your choice. 03. Cast your [ballot] for the candidate that promises to restore …
30ballot — balloter, n. /bal euht/, n., v., balloted, balloting. n. 1. a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote. 2. the method of secret voting by means of printed or written ballots or by means of voting… …
