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Bal"lot (băl"lŭt), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]
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1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
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2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine; the system of voting secretly.
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The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens.
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3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.
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4. the official list of candidates competing in an election. There are no women on the ballot.
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Ballot box, (a) a box for receiving ballots. (b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as ballot{2}. “The question will be resolved by the ballot box.”
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Bal"lot (băl"lŭt), 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.
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Bal"lot, v. t. To vote for or in opposition to.
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None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton.
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