ballot
noun
ADJ. secret | open | postal | national | first, second | leadership | strike
VERB + BALLOT carry out, hold | organize | cast Only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots.
BALLOT + NOUN box | paper | rigging
PREP. at a/the ~ They voted against him at the second ballot.| by ~ The jury cast their vote by secret ballot.| in a/the ~ The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain.| on a/the ~ I voted for her on the first ballot.| ~ for a ballot for the Conservative leadership| ~ on a ballot on the new contracts| ~ over a ballot over strike action
