Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit NÂș 317 v.02
Main Definitions
- ballot 1 |n| a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.
- "The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks."
- "Fifty of its members will be elected by direct ballot."
- ballot 2 |n| a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in a secret vote.
- "Election boards will count the ballots by hand."
- ballot 3 |v| if you ballot a group of people, you find out what they think about a subject by organizing a secret vote.
- "The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike."
Kinds of Ballots
- absentee ballot 1 / postal ballot 1 |n| a system of voting in which people send their votes by post when they cannot be present at an election.
- absentee ballot 2 |n| a piece of paper on which people mark their votes and then send them by post when they cannot be present at an election.
- "During these parliamentary elections the participation of the electorate rose to a record 66.45 percent."
More Related
- electoral college |n| a body of electors; especially one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S..
- electorate |n| all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
- "75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form."
- "The mood of the electorate is unhappy, with joblessness high."
- "As the electorate expanded, the political parties evolved to mobilize the growing mass of voters as the means of political control."
- poll |n| a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future.
- "A minimum of 33% of the electorate was required for the referendum to be declared valid."
People
- elector 1 |n| a person who has the right to vote in an election.
- elector 2 |n| a member of the electoral college. People vote for electors in each state to represent them in the presidential elections.
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