Tra từ ballot - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bal·lot [ballot ballots balloted balloting] noun, verb BrE [ˈbælət] NAmE [ˈbælət]
noun
1. uncountable, countable the system of voting in writing and usually in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held
•The chairperson is chosen by secret ballot.
•The union cannot call a strike unless it holds a ballot of members.
2. (BrE also ˈballot paper)countable the piece of paper on which sb marks who they are voting for
•What percentage of eligible voters cast their ballots?
3. the ballotsingular the total number of votes in an election
•She won 58.8% of the ballot.
see also ↑poll

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a small coloured ball placed in a container to register a vote): from Italian ballotta, diminutive of balla.

Collocations:
Voting in elections
Running for election
conduct/hold an election/a referendum
(especially NAmE) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
(especially BrE) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
hold/call/contest a general/national election
launch/run a presidential election campaign
support/back a candidate
sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
appeal to/attract/woo/target (NAmE) swing voters/(BrE) floating voters
fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
Voting
go to/be turned away from (especially BrE) a polling station/(NAmE) a polling place
cast a/your vote/ballot (for sb)
vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
mark/spoil your ballot paper
count (BrE) the postal votes/(especially NAmE) the absentee ballots
go to/be defeated at the ballot box
get/win/receive/lose votes
get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
elect/re-elect sb (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
Taking power
be sworn into office/in as president
take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
give/deliver (in the US) the president's inaugural address
take/enter/hold/leave office
appoint sb (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
form a government/a cabinet
serve two terms as prime minister/in office
more collocations at ↑economy, ↑politics

Synonyms:
election
vote • poll • referendum • ballot
These are all words for an event in which people choose a representative or decide sth by voting.
election • an occasion on which people officially choose a political representative or government by voting: ▪ Who did you vote for in the last election?
vote • an occasion on which a group of people vote for sb/sth: ▪ They took a vote on who should go first.
poll • (journalism) the process of voting in an election: ▪ They suffered a defeat ▪ at the polls ▪.
referendum • an occasion on which all the adults in a country can vote on a particular issue
ballot • the system of voting by marking an election paper, especially in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held: ▪ The leader will be chosen by secret ballot.
Ballot is usually used about a vote within an organization rather than an occasion on which the public vote.
a national/local election/vote/poll/referendum/ballot
to have/hold/conduct a(n) election/vote/poll/referendum/ballot

Example Bank:
•Only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots.
•The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain.
•The jury cast their vote by secret ballot.
•They voted against him at the second ballot.
•a ballot for the Conservative leadership
•a ballot on the new contracts
•a ballot over strike action
•The leader will be chosen by secret ballot.
•The union cannot call a strike unless it holds a ballot amongst its members.

verb
1. transitive ~ sb (on sth) to ask sb to vote in writing and secretly about sth
Syn: ↑poll
•The union balloted its members on the proposed changes.
2. intransitive to vote secretly about sth
•The workers balloted for a strike.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a small coloured ball placed in a container to register a vote): from Italian ballotta, diminutive of balla.

Example Bank:
•The workforce will be balloted over strike action.

See also: ↑ballot paper