voting slips
Marked choice documents
Voting slips are paper forms used to cast votes in elections, referendums, or other balloting procedures.
Also called ballots, they typically list candidates or options that voters mark to indicate their choices.
The term is more common in British English, where voting slips are collected and counted after the polls close.
In formal contexts, officials may refer to spoiled voting slips when ballots are incorrectly marked or deliberately defaced.
Temporary enclosed compartment
- stationFixed stopping point
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- wardProtected person; division
- queueOrdered waiting line
privacy · screen · pencil · ballot box · clerk · register · roll · roster
Person seeking selection
- nomineeOne proposed for position
- electorateEligible voting body
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
platform · incumbent · challenger · primary · caucus · partisan · bipartisan · manifesto
Right to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
senate · legislature · referendum · plebiscite · republic · constitution · majority · minority
Pressed pulp for writing
- chadsPunched-out paper scraps
- markingIndicating with symbols
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- invalidWithout legal force
provisional · absentee · envelope · secrecy · punch card · counterfoil · stub · serial number
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
queue · privacy · screen · pencil · ballot box · clerk · register · roll · roster · scrutineer
candidate
Person seeking selection
- nomineeOne proposed for position
- electorateEligible voting body
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
campaign · platform · incumbent · challenger · primary · caucus · partisan · bipartisan · manifesto · debate
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
parliament · senate · legislature · referendum · plebiscite · republic · constitution · majority · minority · coalition
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
invalid · provisional · absentee · envelope · secrecy · punch card · counterfoil · stub · serial number · perforation
voting slipselectronic voting
Ballot casting by machine
voting machines · touchscreen voting · e-voting · voice vote · show of hands
voting slipsvoter suppression
Tactics discouraging ballot access
disenfranchisement · poll taxes · literacy tests · silenced voices
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