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noun 
  1. a paper or card used to cast a vote
  2. the process of voting, especially in secret
  3. (context, mostly, US) a list of candidates running for office; a ticket
  4. the total of all votes cast in an election
Translations: 
  • Italian: scheda elettorale(it)f
  • Spanish: papeleta de voto
verb 
  1. to vote
  2. to draw lots
Translations: (trans-top, to vote)
French: voter
(trans-mid)
Spanish: votar
(trans-bottom) Etymology: From ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote.Not
  • voting
  • . The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to
  • select
  • at random, by lottery, a person for a role. Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983


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