Vote vs. Ballot

a formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities

Example: ‘The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.’; ‘Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.’; ‘One occasion indicative votes were used was in 2003 when MPs were presented with seven different options on how to reform the House of Lords.’;

an act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot

Example: ‘The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.’;

(obsolete) an ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer

(intransitive) to cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election

Example: ‘Did you vote last month?’;

(transitive) to choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent

Example: ‘The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.’;

An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.

That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote.

Example: ‘The freeman casting with unpurchased handThe vote that shakes the turrets of the land.’;

Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.

Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.

To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.

Example: ‘The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.’; ‘To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information.’;

To choose by suffrage; to elec ; as, to vote a candidate into office.

To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

Example: ‘Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds.’;

To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.

To condemn; to devote; to doom.

a choice that is made by voting;

Example: ‘there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion’;

the opinion of a group as determined by voting;

Example: ‘they put the question to a vote’;

a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;

Example: ‘American women got the vote in 1920’;

a body of voters who have the same interests;

Example: ‘he failed to get the Black vote’;

the total number of votes cast;

Example: ‘they are hoping for a large vote’;

express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote;

Example: ‘He voted for the motion’; ‘None of the Democrats voted last night’;

express one's choice or preference by vote;

Example: ‘vote the Democratic ticket’;

express a choice or opinion;

Example: ‘I vote that we all go home’; ‘She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant’;

be guided by in voting;

Example: ‘vote one's conscience’;

bring into existence or make available by vote;

Example: ‘They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia’;

Originally, 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.

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

The total of all the votes cast in an election.

A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

To vote or decide by ballot.

Example: ‘to ballot for a candidate’;

To draw lots.

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine; the system of voting secretly.

Example: ‘The insufficiency of the ballot.’;

The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.

the official list of candidates competing in an election.

To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

To vote for or in opposition to.

Example: ‘None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others.’;

a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

a choice that is made by voting;

Example: ‘there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion’;

vote by ballot;

Example: ‘The voters were balloting in this state’;

A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in secret voting. It was originally a small ball (see blackballing) used to record decisions made by voters in Italy around the 16th century.Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared.