(voting paper)
51compulsory voting — /kəmˌpʌlsəri ˈvoʊtɪŋ/ (say kuhm.pulsuhree vohting) noun a system of voting in which everyone entitled to vote is required to register as a voter and, at elections, to have their name marked off the electoral roll as having received and returned a …
52ballot paper — noun a voting form, the paper upon which a vote is cast during a ballot …
53Australian Senate — Infobox Legislature name = Australian Senate coa pic = coa pic = session room = Senate, Parliament House, Canberra.jpg house type = Upper house leader1 type = President leader1 = John Hogg party1 = Labor election1 = (26 August 2008) leader2 type …
54Ballot box — Haitian general election in 2006.A ballot box is a temporarily sealed container, usually cuboid though sometimes a tamper resistant bag, with a narrow slot in the top sufficient to accept a ballot paper in an election but which prevents anyone… …
55Elections in New Zealand — New Zealand This article is part of the series: Politics and government of New Zealand Constitution …
56vote — n. & v. n. 1 a formal expression of choice or opinion by means of a ballot, show of hands, etc., concerning a choice of candidate, approval of a motion or resolution, etc. (let us take a vote on it; gave my vote to the independent candidate). 2… …
57write-in candidate — n (AmE) a candidate in an election for public office whose name is not printed on the official list of candidates, usually because he or she has not been selected by a political party. People voting for such a candidate must therefore write his… …
58write-in candidate — noun a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters • Syn: ↑write in • Derivationally related forms: ↑write in (for: ↑write in) • Hypernyms: ↑campaigner …
59Pencil — This article is about the handwriting instrument. For other uses, see Pencil (disambiguation). HB graphite pencils A pencil is a …
60ballot — n 1. slate, ticket; voting ticket, Brit. voting paper, voting ball; show of hands, yeas and nays. 2. vote, voice, say, Chiefly Brit. plumper; suffrage, franchise; referendum, voting, election, poll, plebiscite; placet, Inf. the go ahead; vox… …
