From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
balloting
n : a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes
in favor of the motion" [syn: vote, ballot, voting]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
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