ballot
Part of speech: verb
Part of speech: noun
A written or printed ticket or a little ball for voting.
Part of speech: noun
The voting secretly by balls or tickets; number of votes so cast.
Usage examples "ballot":
- But eventually they will get their bearings, and will use the ballot to better effect than men have used it. - "The-Suffrage-Cook-Book", Kleber, L. O., Mrs..
- Do you know, Susan, why men have the ballot and why women have not got it? - "The Co-Citizens", Corra Harris.
- We can right any wrong at the ballot box. - "Watch Yourself Go By", Al. G. Field.