Word Study
balloting (root: ballot)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun balloting has 1 sense
- balloting(n = noun.act) ballot, vote, voting - a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" is a kind of choice, option, pick, selection
has particulars: block vote, secret ballot, split ticket, straight ticket, multiple voting, casting vote, veto, write-in
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