Ballot

bal′ut, n. a little ball or ticket used in voting: a method of secret voting by putting a ball or ticket into an urn or box.— v.i. to vote by ballot: to select by secret voting (with for ): draw lots for:— pr.p. bal′loting; pa.p. bal′loted. — ns. Bal′lotage , in France, the second ballot to decide which of two candidates has come nearest to the legal majority; Bal′lot-box , a box to receive balls or tickets when voting by ballot. [It. ballotta , dim. of ball a , ball. See Ball .]