ballot box

2 definitions found

ballot box - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It.
     ballotta. See Ball round body.]
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     1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any
        printed or written ticket used in voting.
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     2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or
        printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine;
        the system of voting secretly.
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              The insufficiency of the ballot.      --Dickens.
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     3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a
        given territory or electoral district.
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     4. the official list of candidates competing in an election.
        There are no women on the ballot.
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     Ballot box,
        (a) a box for receiving ballots.
        (b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as
            ballot[2]. "The question will be resolved by the
            ballot box."
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ballot box - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ballot box
      n 1: a box where voters deposit their ballots