Bal″lot (băl″lŭt), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]
1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
The insufficiency of the ballot.
Dickens.
3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.
Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots.