See Also: BALLOT, government(law)
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Ballot(law)
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ballot(2)(dictionary)
Ballot Act(encyclopedia)
ballot box(dictionary)
ballot 1, noun(dictionary)
secret ballot(dictionary)

BALLOT, government (law)


BALLOT, government. A diminutive ball, i. e. a little ball used in giving votes; the act itself of giving votes. A little ball or ticket used in votes; the act itself of giving votes. A little ball or ticket used in voting privately, and, for that purpose, put, into a box, (commonly called a voting privately, and, for that purpose, put, into a box, (commonly called a ballot-box,) or into some other contrivance. ballot-box,) or into some other contrivance.