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• 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

• Ballot stuffing — is the illegal act of one person submitting multiple ballots during a vote in which only one ballot per person is permitted. The name originates from the earliest days of this practice in which people literally did stuff more than one ballot in a …   Wikipedia

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• ballot box — n 1.) a box that ballot papers are put in after voting 2.) the ballot box the system or process of voting in an election through the ballot box ▪ The people have expressed their views through the ballot box …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ballot box — ballot ,box noun 1. ) count a box in which you put your ballot after you have voted 2. ) singular the democratic system of voting: From now on, they would pursue their goals through the ballot box. stuff the ballot box AMERICAN to cheat during an …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ballot — [bal′ət] n. [It ballotta, pallotta, dim. of palla: see BALLOON] 1. a) Obs. a ball b) now, a ticket, paper, etc., by which a vote is registered 2. the act or a method of voting; esp., secret voting by the use of ballots or voting machines 3. the… …   English World dictionary