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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ballot \Bal"lot\, v. t. To vote for or in opposition to None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others --Sir H. Wotton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte fr It ballotta See {Ball} round body.] 1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. 2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balloted}; p. pr & vb n. {Balloting}.] [F. ballotter to toss to ballot, or It ballottare See {Ballot}, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as to ballot for a candidate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ballot n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting 2: a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion" [syn: {vote}, {voting}, {balloting}] v : vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
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