Balloter

bal·lot  (blt)

n.

1. A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one.

2. The act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret.

3. A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

4. The total of all votes cast in an election.

5. The right to vote; franchise.

6. A small ball once used to register a secret vote.

intr.v. bal·lot·ed, bal·lot·ing, bal·lots

1. To cast a ballot; vote.

2. To draw lots.

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[Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote, diminutive of dialectal balla, ball, of Germanic origin; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ballot·er n.