Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 25 compound words that contain ballot. The most common are listed below. Open ballot in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- ballot boxA sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.
- secret ballotThe voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and marked in secret at the polling places.
- ballot paperA voting form; the paper upon which a vote is cast during a ballot.
- absentee ballotA vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.
- ballot papersplural of ballot paper: A voting form; the paper upon which a vote is cast during a ballot.
- stuff the ballot boxTo commit fraud in an election by depositing extra or otherwise illegitimate ballots into the container holding the ballots of voters, in an attempt to secure victory for a particular candidate or outcome.
- Australian ballotThe secret ballot system of voting in which voting is done in private on a state-issued ballot, and ballots incorrectly marked are set aside as invalid.
- ballot boxesplural of ballot box: A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.
- ballot collectingThe gathering and submitting of completed absentee or mail-in voter ballots by third-party individuals, volunteers or workers, rather than submission by voters themselves directly to ballot collection sites. It is legal in some parts of …
- butterfly ballotA ballot paper with names down both sides and a single column of punch holes in the center.
- paper ballotA ballot printed on paper, where the voter places a form of acknowledgment next to the candidate of their choice.
- postal ballotA ballot in which votes are sent by postal mail.
- ranked ballotAny type of ballot that uses the ranked choice system.
- short ballotA ballot that lists only the major candidates for the major offices, for a voting district.
- straw ballotSynonym of straw poll: A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
- down-ballotPertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.
- ballot chasingSynonym of ballot collecting: The gathering and submitting of completed absentee or mail-in voter ballots by third-party individuals, volunteers or workers, rather than submission by voters themselves directly to ballot collection sites …
- ballot harvestingSynonym of ballot collecting: The gathering and submitting of completed absentee or mail-in voter ballots by third-party individuals, volunteers or workers, rather than submission by voters themselves directly to ballot collection sites …
- ballot curingthe process through which voters may correct minor errors in their ballots, such as a missing signature, that would otherwise render their ballot invalid and uncountable. It is typically used in the context of absentee ballots.
- bedsheet ballotA ballot offering an extremely long list of candidates.
- Armalite and the ballot boxAn electoral strategy pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued military operations against …
- ballot candyThe pairing of a controversial proposal with a more popular one in a ballot measure to increase the measure's chances of being approved by voters.
- bullet ballotSynonym of bullet vote: An elector's sole vote for a single candidate, despite being entitled to vote for more than one.
- e-ballotA computerized ballot in e-voting.
- jungle ballotThe physical or digital ballot used in a jungle primary, listing all candidates regardless of party.
Compound words 25
- ballotfulA quantity of agenda items to be voted on.
- balloterSomeone who votes by ballot.
- ballotryThe use of ballots in voting.
- balloteeOne who is balloted or voted to do something.
- ballotistOne who supports the use of the secret ballot in elections.
- ballotlessWithout a ballot.
- preballotBefore a ballot.
- reballotTo ballot again.
- ballotationVoting by ballot.
- downballotAlternative form of down-ballot: Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.