Synonyms of ballots

ballots

noun

plural of ballot

1

as in votes

a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election

we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president

Synonyms & Similar Words

• votes
• yeas
• ayes
• tickets
• referenda
• nays
• noes
• absentee ballots
• secret ballots
• write-ins
• blackballs
• non placets
• short ballots
• Australian ballots

2

as in suffrages

the right to formally express one's position or will in an election

believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffrages
• votes
• franchises
• enfranchisements
• says
• voices
• say-sos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disenfranchisements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ballots

New Justice Department letters and FEMA grant conditions demand citizenship checks, paper ballots and audits, prompting urgent logistical questions for election officials and raising fears of federal overreach into traditionally state-run voting. — Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The Supreme Court dealt an additional blow in late June, ruling that states may count mail-in ballots that arrive after the polls close, as long as they’re postmarked by Election Day. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

New Bedford has also had recent issues with voter access, most recently in a March 2024 city election where one precinct opened without any Republican ballots for nearly an hour while another ran out of GOP ballots hours before polls closed. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026

Kennedy underwent the procedure after his sophomore season, before his name began appearing more frequently on awards ballots and draft boards. — Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Surveillance video outside city hall showed political operatives stuffing stacks of ballots into public drop boxes. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Several Sparks players did not receive ballots before the votes were tallied. — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 8 July 2026

Then, the more expeditious process of comparing Election Day ballots with the help of the voting machines will follow. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026

In southern Algeria and Sahara Desert regions, voting was brought forward by 48 hours to allow the nomadic population to cast ballots in boxes transported in off-road vehicles belonging to the administration and escorted by police in Land Rovers. — ABC News, 2 July 2026