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| absentee ballot |
a ballot to be marked and delivered to an election official before election day because the voter will be unable to be at the polls on that day. |
| Australian ballot |
an official ballot that carries the names of all candidates for public offices, along with any propositions to be voted on, and is distributed at polling places, to be marked in secret. |
| ballot |
to elicit a decision from (voters) by ballot. [1/6 definitions] |
| cast |
to give formally (one's vote or ballot). [1/18 definitions] |
| poll |
the casting of a ballot or the recording of votes in an election. [1/10 definitions] |
| split ticket |
a ballot with votes that are cast for candidates of more than one party. [1/2 definitions] |
| straight ticket |
in U.S. politics, a ballot on which a voter has voted for candidates of only one party. (Cf. split ticket.) |
| stuff |
in the United States, to put invalid votes into (a ballot box) in order to try to win an election by means of fraud. [1/10 definitions] |
| write-in |
a candidate who has not been formally nominated and whose name is not on the ballot but must be added by the voter. [1/3 definitions] |
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