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A ballot is the paper (or system) people use to vote, especially a secret vote. It can also be a verb — 'to ballot' members means to hold a vote among them.
選票、投票
組成Probably from an Italian word 'ballotta,' meaning 'a little ball' — because old votes were sometimes cast by dropping a small ball into a box.
同家族的字
- ballballot probably comes from an Italian word for 'a little ball,' since old votes were cast with small balls
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ballotnoun/ˈbælət/
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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.
- 2
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections the insufficiency of the ballot
- In the TSSA ballot, 80% of management grade and 60% of general grade members voted to accept, on an overall turnout of 57%.
- 3
The total of all the votes cast in an election.
- 4
A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
ballotverb/ˈbælət/
- 1
To vote or decide by ballot.
- to ballot for a candidate
- 2
To draw lots.
- 3
To invite to vote on a proposal.
- The trade union balloted its members for strike action.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。