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  1. ballot
  2. ballot box
  3. absentee ballot
  4. Australian ballot
  5. blanket ballot
  6. Buys Ballot's law
  7. Indiana ballot
  8. jungle ballot
  9. long ballot
  10. Massachusetts ballot
  11. nonpartisan ballot
  12. office-block ballot
  13. party-column ballot
  14. preferential ballot
  15. second ballot
  16. secret ballot
  17. short ballot
  18. straw ballot

1bal·lot

noun \ˈba-lət\

Definition of BALLOT

1
a : a small ball used in secret voting
b : a sheet of paper used to cast a secret vote
2
a : the action or system of secret voting
b : the right to vote
c : vote 1a
3
: the number of votes cast
4
: the drawing of lots
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Examples of BALLOT

  1. They cast their votes in a secret ballot.
  2. She was elected by secret ballot.

Origin of BALLOT

Italian ballotta, from Italian dialect, diminutive of balla ball — more at balloon
First Known Use: 1549

Related to BALLOT

Synonyms
vote
Antonyms
disenfranchisement

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with BALLOT

callet, mallet, palate, palette, pallet, sallet, shallot, valet

2ballot

intransitive verb

Definition of BALLOT

: to vote or decide by ballot
— bal·lot·er noun

First Known Use of BALLOT

1580

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with BALLOT

pallet, valet

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