balloting

noun

bal·​lot·​ing ˈba-lə-tiŋ 

: an act or process of voting

finished second in the balloting for the MVP award

Even in Oregon, where mail-in balloting makes voting convenient, two-thirds of those registered sat out the May primary.

—Karen Tumulty

Examples of balloting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But several conservative justices this week appeared ready to toss out Mississippi’s law allowing late mail-in balloting, a potential ruling that could have wide-ranging impacts in other states that have similar laws. —Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

For more than a year, administration officials have advanced a careful, multifront assault in an effort to impose new rules for November’s midterm balloting. —David Ignatius, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2026

However, Hern dropped out before the balloting that chose now-House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). —David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026

Republicans also tend to feel mail balloting brings more fraud. —Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above