Ballot

Noun

 * 1) a paper or card used to cast a vote
 * 2) the process 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

Verb

 * 1) to vote
 * 2) to draw lots

Adjectives for Ballot
approved; adopted; computed; disputed; fatal; political; polled; open; reformed; secret.

Verbs for Ballot
accede by—; acknowledge by—; agree by—; arrange—; assent by—; broadcast—; cast —; circulate —s; choose by—; deposit—; draw up—; employ—; hinge on—; inspect—; introduce—; record—; reform—; reject —; satisfy with—; stuff —s; tabulate —s; tally —s; tamper with —s; —acquits; —affirms; —ascertains; —condemns; —decides;—elects; —eliminates; —installs; —proclaims.

Thesaurus
absentee ballot, aye, blanket ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement, fagot vote, franchise, graveyard vote, hand vote, list system, long ballot, nay, no, nonpartisan ballot, nontransferable vote, office-block ballot, party emblem, party-column ballot, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential voting, proportional representation, proxy, record vote, referendum, representation, right to vote, rising vote, sample ballot, say, secret ballot, short ballot, show of hands, single vote, slate, snap vote, split ticket, straight ticket, straw vote, suffrage, ticket, transferable vote, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, vote in, voting, voting right, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

Etymology
From ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote. Not voting. The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to select at random, by lottery, a person for a role.

Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"b{l@t/}}