Put-one-s-name-in-the-hat Definition
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Origin of Put-one-s-name-in-the-hat
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From the informal practice of putting ballots into a hat, and then drawing a single ballot from the hat at random to decide the winner. When one put one's own name on a ballot in the hat, one would therefore be eligible to win.
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