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Meanings of ballot in English

Portuguese
voto
Catalan
votació
Spanish
voto
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A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative.

voto
Russian
избирательный бюллетень
Portuguese
boletim de voto
Spanish
papeletas
Catalan
papereta de vot
Wikidata

Document used to cast votes in an election.

избирательный бюллетень
Synonyms
Examples for "ballot paper"
Examples for "ballot paper"
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Officially the question on the ballot paper has been different each time.
The Irish Times
2
Not to mention his success in keeping oppositionists off the ballot paper.
The Irish Times
3
People not truly decided until the moment they mark the ballot paper?
The Guardian
4
Yes, providing you haven't already posted your ballot paper in the box.
BBC
5
Gauteng was also hit by the great ballot paper shortage of 2019.
The South African
1
Michael asks: Is it legal to take a photo of the voting paper?
Radio NZ
2
If a candidate elected or excluded, his name not considered on voting paper.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
3
He voted in a loud voice, and with an open voting paper, "No."
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
4
The day after the polling a farm labourer was asked how he filled up his voting paper.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
5
I ain't got me voting paper.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn
Usage of ballot in English
1
Sunday's ballot was the third national vote this year, including the referendum.
The Irish Times
2
Public health doctors seem set to ballot for strike action over pay.
The Irish Times
3
Officially the question on the ballot paper has been different each time.
The Irish Times
4
As a result, it has a high number of rejected ballot papers.
News.com.au
5
So perhaps we should let prisoners vote but withhold the secret ballot.
The Guardian
6
A new mode of revolution would go far beyond the ballot box.
The zinn reader
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Not to mention his success in keeping oppositionists off the ballot paper.
The Irish Times
8
People not truly decided until the moment they mark the ballot paper?
The Guardian
9
In practice, the ballot initiative creates a racially selective, two-tiered political process.
Ebony
10
Yes, providing you haven't already posted your ballot paper in the box.
BBC
11
Come on, do it for democracy… Do you support a secret ballot?
The South African
12
The challenge, McDonald said, was to make sure they cast a ballot.
Reuters
13
A similar ballot initiative in Mississippi was defeated by voters last year.
Reuters
14
The union is expected to have a result from its ballot tomorrow.
The Irish Times
15
Gauteng was also hit by the great ballot paper shortage of 2019.
The South African
16
The Election Commission is expected to finalize ballot design later this week.
Reuters
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Translations for ballot
Ballot through the time
Ballot across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
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