balloting

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balloting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
     toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
     To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
     [1913 Webster]

balloting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  balloting
      n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
           favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in
           favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per
           person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]