. (Law) A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ballot box,
v. i.
v. t. To vote for or in opposition to. [ 1913 Webster ]
None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i. ] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ballottage. ] In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a
n. Voting by ballot. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who votes by ballot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [ Obs. ] Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]