Meanings (ES + gloss)
balota • boleta • papeleta de voto
A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
Imagine if the outcome in Michigan is close, and 75% of Biden supporters vote absentee, yet 10% or more of those ballots are rejected.
In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
elecciones • votación
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
In the TSSA ballot, 80% of management grade and 60% of general grade members voted to accept, on an overall turnout of 57%.
July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections the insufficiency of the ballot
candidatura
A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Phrases
Australian ballotMassachusetts ballotabsentee ballotballot boxballot candyballot chasingballot collectingballot curingballot harvestingballotationballoterballotfulballotistballotlessbedsheet ballotblanket ballotbullet ballotbutterfly ballotdown-ballote-ballotlong ballotpaper ballotpostal ballotpreballotranked ballotsecret ballotshort ballotstraw ballot
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