0 a system or occasion of secret voting: --
OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's put it to the ballot.
Representatives were elected by ballot.
1 to organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their views: --
2 a piece of paper on which you write a secret vote --
[ U ] Issues need to be considered in open debate or put on the ballot.
3 an occasion when people vote on something, usually in secret, or the system for voting: --
5 a method of choosing which investors will get shares that are being offered for the first time, when the demand for shares is greater than the number being offered --
The first five chapters study fraud during the period in which there were both seconddegree ballots (from 1902 to 1912) and direct and public ballots (from 1913 to 1924).
Another thirteen states used office bloc ballots.
Each voter was provided twelve ballots to cast, one for each position.
Involves local elections, appointments, town meetings, ballots, or election districts; includes bills requiring that legislation go into effect after local election ratifies.
The day was a public holiday and over 70 % of registered voters cast their ballots.
Today they constitute a majority of all registered and active voters ; and when they vote they are less likely than men to spoil their ballots.
In such societies, the constellation of political parties is formed on the basis of ethnicity, which overridingly determines how voters cast their ballots in elections.
An offer to subscribe was included with ballots.