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Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot..

Ballotin :: Ballotin (n.) An officer who has charge of a ballot box.

Paster :: Paster (n.) A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot..

Balloter :: Balloter (n.) One who votes by ballot.

Theta :: Theta (n.) A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death..

Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).

Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize..

Ballotade :: Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out..

Chartism :: Chartism (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter..

Ballot :: Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district..

Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

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

Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..

Balloting :: Balloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballo.

Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.

Vote :: Vote (n.) That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote..

Blank :: Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot..

Ballot :: Ballot (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate..

Blank :: Blank (n.) A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form..

Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out..

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