balloter

Variant of ballot

ballot definition

bal·lot (bal′ət)

noun

    1. Obsolete a ball
    2. 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 right to vote
  4. the total number of votes cast in an election
  5. a list of people running for office; ticket

Etymology: It ballotta, pallotta, dim. of palla: see balloon

intransitive verb

to decide by means of the ballot; vote

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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