Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballot stuffing — is the illegal act of one person submitting multiple ballots during a vote in which only one ballot per person is permitted. The name originates from the earliest days of this practice in which people literally did stuff more than one ballot in a … Wikipedia
ballot paper — ballot .paper n a piece of paper on which you record your vote spoiled ballot papers (=ones that have been marked incorrectly and so cannot be counted) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Ballot — A ballot is a device (originally a small ball see blackball) used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter… … Wikipedia
ballot — Deriving from the Greek ballo . Noun: The implement of voting, whether a paper to be marked by an elector or the face of a voting machine prepared for an election. 26 Am J2d Elect § 202. See Australian ballot system … Ballentine's law dictionary
election by ballot — Nothing less than an election by secret ballot. Ex parte Arnold, 128 Mo 256, 30 SW 768. See Australian Ballot System; ballot; distinguishing mark; marked ballot … Ballentine's law dictionary
marking ballot — A part of the process of voting. See marked ballot … Ballentine's law dictionary
australian ballot — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : an official ballot printed at public expense on which the names of all the nominated candidates appear and which is distributed only at the polling place and marked in secret see indiana ballot, massachusetts… … Useful english dictionary
Secret ballot — For 2001 Iranian film, see Secret Ballot (film). Part of the Politics series Elections … Wikipedia
Absentee ballot — An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station. Numerous methods have been devised to facilitate this. Increasing the ease of access to absentee ballots are seen by many as one way… … Wikipedia
Random ballot — The random ballot voting method takes the one person one vote principle to an extreme by only counting the vote of one person. In an election or referendum, the ballot of a single voter is selected at random, and that ballot decides the result of … Wikipedia
