Ballot — Defs

01 n. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

1.
Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
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.
“The insufficiency of the ballot.” — Dickens.
3.
The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.
4.
the official list of candidates competing in an election.

Phrases & compounds

Ballot box — a box for receiving ballots.

02 v. i. To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting

03 v. t. To vote for or in opposition to.

1.
To vote for or in opposition to.
“None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others.” — Sir H. Wotton.