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See: cast, franchise, plebiscite, poll, primary, referendum, register, vote

BALLOT, government. A diminutive ball, i. e. a little ball used in giving votes; the act itself of giving votes. A little ball or ticket used in voting privately, and, for that purpose, put, into a box, (commonly called a ballot-box,) or into some other contrivance.



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KABUL (PAN): The first batch of ballot papers for the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections arrived from London to Kabul on Sunday.
And yesterday one of the region's outgoing Euro-MPs complained that a ballot paper blunder at some polling stations could effect the result.
Byline: ANI Kanchanpu (North Tripura), November 28 : Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in six northern Tripura camps and two Mizoram camps, Friday exercised their franchise for the Mizoram assembly elections after special arrangements of ballot papers were made for them.
 
 
 
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