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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bal-uh t
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl ət



Definition of balloting

Origin :
  • 1540s, "small ball used in voting," also "secret vote taken by ballots," from Italian pallotte, diminutive of palla "ball," for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see balloon). Earliest references are to Venice. Ballot box attested from 1670s.
  • As in voting : noun casting votes
  • As in election : noun choosing; voting
  • As in poll : verb take census; question
  • As in vote : verb decide on representation
  • As in elect : verb select as representative; choose
Example sentences :
  • She then went on to read the result of the balloting for the other three officers.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • I felt for you, on seeing the order in which the balloting placed the delegates in Congress.
  • Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
  • Stage tricks wouldn't tip the scales, when it came to balloting.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • When the balloting began a single delegate only voted for Garfield.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
  • From the balloting for the jurymen to the plea for the defence.
  • Extract from : « Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe » by Eugne Brieux
  • Voting and balloting, and speech-making were ruled out of order.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 » by Various
  • Papers are better,” said Mary, “when there is a good deal of balloting to be done.
  • Extract from : « Rollo's Museum » by Jacob Abbott
  • On Wednesday, the 11th of February, 1801, the balloting commenced.
  • Extract from : « Great Events in the History of North and South America » by Charles A. Goodrich
  • On the third day the balloting for a candidate was to begin.
  • Extract from : « The Life Of Abraham Lincoln » by Ward H. Lamon
  • In 1867 the system of balloting for seats in the Strangers' Gallery was first instituted.
  • Extract from : « The Mother of Parliaments » by Harry Graham

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