Definition of Ballot

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Ballot

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.

The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.

To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

To vote for or in opposition to.

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Ballot Quotations

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.
Ambrose Bierce

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
W. E. B. Du Bois

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
James Buchanan

We've had to be creative to get on the ballot.
Kinky Friedman

Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
Benazir Bhutto

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
Donald Rumsfeld

The ballot is stronger than bullets.
Joseph A. Schumpeter

When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?
Benjamin Harrison

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.
Charles Rangel

Ballot Translations

ballot in French is ballottez, ballottent, ballotter, ballottons
ballot in German is Abstimmung {f}
ballot in Norwegian is stemmeseddel
ballot in Spanish is papeleta de voto

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