Dictionary Search: "Ballot" - Pakistan Law Portal

Absentee ballot

a ballot that a voter submits, sometimes by mail, before an election see absentee voting under voting.

Australian ballot

a ballot characterized by a variety of safeguards designed to maintain secrecy in voting. ( australian ballots are widely used in various forms in the united states.

Ballot

n. 1. A small ball or ticket used for indicating a vote. 2. The system of choosing persons for office by marking a paper or by drawing papers with names on them from a receptacle. 3. The formal record of a person's vote

Ballot box

a locked box into which ballots are deposited.

Joint ballot

parliamentary practirce. ," vote by legislators of both houses sitting together as one body.

Massachusetts ballot

a ballot in which, under each office, the names of candidates and party designations are printed in alphabetical order. ( this is a type of australian ballot. Office-block ballot a ballot that lists the candidates' names under the title of the office sought without mentioning the candidates party affiliations. Party-column ballot. A ballot that lists the candidates' names in separate columns by political party regardless of the o

Secret ballot

a vote cast in such a way that the person voting cannot be identified. "the secret ballot, when used to protect citizens when choosing their representatives, is a hallmark of a democratic system of government; but, when it is used to conceal a public official's vote, it violates the fundamental tenet of an elected or appointed official's ultimate accountability to the electorate." op. Tex. Att'y gen h-1163 (1978).4. A list of candidates running for office. Ballot, ub.

joint ballot

See BALLOT (3).

office-block ballot.

See BALLOT (4).

party-colunm ballot