Definition

Noun: 1. The act or process of voting, especially by secret ballot: The formal procedure of casting votes to make a collective decision or choice, often involving written or electronic ballots. 2. The system or method of voting using ballots: Refers to the specific mechanism of collecting votes, typically on slips of paper or via a secure electronic system.

Usage

Balloting is used to describe the formal act of voting itself, often in an official or organized context like an election, union decision, or committee meeting. It emphasizes the process and method of collecting votes.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The balloting for the new committee chair will take place next Tuesday.
  • After a week of balloting, the members finally elected a new leader.
  • The union is conducting a secret balloting process to decide on the strike action.

Advanced Usage

• "to go to a balloting": to proceed to a formal vote.
  • After the debate failed to produce a consensus, the meeting had to go to a balloting.

Variants and Related Words

• Ballot (n/v): The physical tool (a paper or system) for voting, or the act of voting itself.
  • Please mark your choice on the ballot. (Noun)
  • The members will ballot on the issue tomorrow. (Verb)
• Balloter (n): A person who votes by ballot (less common).

Synonyms

• Voting: The general act of casting a vote.
• Polling: The process of voting or of collecting votes or opinions.

Related Phrases

• Secret balloting: Voting conducted in a way that ensures individual choices are anonymous.
  • The decision was made through secret balloting to ensure fairness.

Noun

1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
   • there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion
   • they allowed just one vote per person