voting ballot

Marked choice sheet

A voting ballot is the paper, card, or electronic form on which voters mark their choices in an election.

The term is slightly redundant—a ballot is itself a device for voting—but voting ballot emphasizes the act of casting votes and distinguishes the physical object from other senses of ballot: I filled out my voting ballot and dropped it in the box.

Related

candidate · write-in candidate · box · booth · paper · cast · count · tally · referendum · primary · precinct · democracy · campaign · checkbox · envelope · drop box · absentee · voter registration

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Opposites
input vs. output in electoral process

voting ballotelection results

Official vote counts

vote tally · final count · vote totals · winner announcement · certified results

participation vs. abstention

voting ballotabstention

Formal refusal to vote

staying home · boycott · disenfranchisement · voter apathy

democratic vs. non-democratic decision mechanisms

voting ballotdecree

Authoritative legal command

royal edict · military coup · appointment · hereditary succession · executive order

Family

voting, ballot, voters, ballots, balloted, balloting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G