n. 1. A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one. 2. The act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret. 3. A list of candidates running for office; a ticket. 4. The total of all votes cast in an election. 5. The right to vote; franchise. 6. A small ball once used to register a secret vote. intr.v. bal·lot·ed, bal·lot·ing, bal·lots 1. To cast a ballot; vote. 2. To draw lots. [Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote, diminutive of dialectal balla, ball, of Germanic origin; see bhel-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ballot·er n. |
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