system of secret ballot

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• Secret ballot — For 2001 Iranian film, see Secret Ballot (film). Part of the Politics series Elections …   Wikipedia

• secret ballot — noun The voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and marked in secret at the polling places. Syn: Australian ballot …   Wiktionary

• Ballot — A ballot is a device (originally a small ball see blackball) used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter… …   Wikipedia

• ballot — The document distributed at the annual meeting to shareholders of record who wish to vote their shares in person. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. ballot bal‧lot 1 [ˈbælət] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. an occasion when people can… …   Financial and business terms

• ballot — bal|lot1 [ˈbælət] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: ballotta, from balla ( BALLOON1); because small balls were used for voting] 1.) [U and C] a system of voting, usually in secret, or an occasion when you vote in this way ▪ The party leader… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ballot — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, absentee ballot, aye, blanket ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement …   Moby Thesaurus

• ballot — I. /ˈbælət / (say baluht) noun 1. a ticket or paper used in voting. 2. the number of votes cast or recorded: a large ballot. 3. Also, secret ballot. the system or practice of secret voting by means of printed or written ballots or voting machines …  

• ballot — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a system of secret voting or an occasion when you vote in this way: The Club s officers are always chosen by ballot. 2 (C) a piece of paper on which you make a secret vote; ballot paper 3 (C) the number of votes recorded; poll 1… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ballot — I. noun Etymology: Italian ballotta, from Italian dialect, diminutive of balla ball more at balloon Date: 1549 1. a. a small ball used in secret voting b. a sheet of paper used to cast a secret vote 2. a. the action or system of secret voting b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Ballot — Bal lot (b[a^]l l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See {Ball} round body.] [1913 Webster] 1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of secret voting,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ballot box — Ballot Bal lot (b[a^]l l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See {Ball} round body.] [1913 Webster] 1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of secret… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English