Ballot

Primary definition

1. The issues and offices to be voted upon in a jurisdiction or portion of a jurisdiction at a particular primary, general election, or special election. "Presentation of every CONTEST included in a particular STYLE, possibly with votes (as in 'For privacy, the ballot must BALLOT be visible only to the voter')." VVSG. 2. A facsimile of the contents of a particular ballot whether printed on a paper ballot or ballot card or as part of a voting machine or voting device. 3. A physical or electronic record of the choices of an individual voter in a particular primary, general election, or special election. A "collection of one or more pieces of paper that presents every included in a particular and, when cast, serves as a CONTEST BALLOT STYLE CAST VOTE RECORD." The "collection of votes produced by one voter in one (as in VOTING SESSION 'ballot summary' or 'rejected ballot record')." VVSG. 4. The physical document on which the voter's choices are to be recorded. The "collection of all votes cast by one voter in one (as in 'CAST BALLOT'). VVSG. VOTING SESSION 2007 5. The physical document or display on which the names of candidates and propositions to be voted on are arranged. That "portion of the ballot containing the name of the candidate and the designation of the party by which he was nominated, or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment, or other question or proposition with the word "yes" for voting for any question or proposition, and the word "no" for voting against any question." N.J. Stat. Ann. §19:47-1. "'Ballot' means a handcount paper ballot or for an electronic voting system includes, a tabulating paper ballot, recorded by optical scan reader, containing the names of offices and candidates and the questions to be voted on, which is used in conjunction with the marking device and on which votes may be recorded. For direct recording electronic voting systems, ballot means the ballot display provided by electro-optical devices showing the names and candidates and the questions to be voted on that allows a voter to directly enter choices into electronic storage with the use of a touchscreen or other data entry device." N.D.C.C. §16-1- 06-12(2). "'Ballot' means a ballot label, sheet of paper or envelope on which votes are recorded. The term also includes a sheet or card, filmstrip or other device listing or containing information relative to offices, candidates and referenda which is placed, projected or composed on the board or screen inside a voting machine." Wisc. Stat. §5.02(1e). "[Ballot] shall include ballot cards, ballot labels, paper ballots, and electronic ballots." Ala. Code §17-24-2(3). See also ABANDONED BALLOT, ABSENT VOTER INSTRUCTION BALLOT, ABSENTEE BALLOT, AFFIDAVIT BALLOT, ALTERNATIVE BALLOT, AUSTRALIAN BALLOT, BLANK BALLOT, BLANKET BALLOT, BLUE BALLOT, BUTTERFLY BALLOT, CAST BALLOT, CHALLENGE BALLOT, CHALLENGED BALLOT, CIVILIAN ABSENTEE BALLOT, COMBINATION BALLOT CARD AND WRITE-IN BALLOT, COMPUTER BALLOT, CODED BALLOT, CONDITIONAL BALLOT, CONSOLIDATED BALLOT, CONTESTED BALLOT, CONTINUING BALLOT, COUNTED BALLOT, DAMAGED BALLOT, DEFACED BALLOT, DEFECTIVE BALLOT, DEMONSTRATION BALLOT, DISCARDED BALLOT, DISPUTED BALLOT, DISTINGUISHED BALLOT, DOCUMENT BALLOT, DOUBLE BALLOT, DUMMY BALLOT, DUPLICATE BALLOT, EARLY BALLOT, ELECTRONIC BALLOT, ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED BALLOT, EMERGENCY BALLOT, ESCROW BALLOT, EXCESS BALLOT, EXHAUSTED BALLOT, FAX BALLOT, FEDERAL BALLOT, FEDERAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT, FULL-FACE BALLOT, HAND-COUNTED BALLOT, HOSPITAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, IMPROPER BALLOT, INDIANA BALLOT, INSTRUCTION BALLOT, INVALID BALLOT, IRREGULAR BALLOT, LATE BALLOT, LIMITED BALLOT, LOST BALLOT, MACHINE-REJECTED BALLOT, MAIL BALLOT, MAIL-IN BALLOT, MARK SENSE BALLOT, MASSACHUSETTS BALLOT, MILITARY SERVICE BALLOT, MISREAD BALLOT, MULTI-FACED BALLOT, MUTILATED BALLOT, NO-PARTY BALLOT, NON-PARTISAN BALLOT, NULL BALLOT, OFFICE-BLOC BALLOT, OFFICIAL BALLOT, ONGOING ABSENTEE BALLOT, OPEN BALLOT, OPTICALLY SCANNED BALLOT, OVERVOTED BALLOT, PAPER BALLOT, PARTISAN BALLOT, PARTY BALLOT, PARTY-COLUMN BALLOT, PERSONAL ELECTRONIC BALLOT, PHYSICALLY SEPARATE BALLOT, POSTAL BALLOT, PRESIDENTIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT, PROHIBITED BALLOT, PROVISIONAL BALLOT, PUNCHED-CARD BALLOT, QUESTIONABLE BALLOT, QUESTIONABLE AB BALLOT, QUESTIONED BALLOT, READ BALLOT, READABLE BALLOT, REGULAR ABSENTEE BALLOT, REGULAR BALLOT, REISSUED BALLOT, REJECTED BALLOT, REPLACEMENT ABSENTEE BALLOT, REPLACEMENT BALLOT, RESTRICTED BALLOT, RETRIEVABLE BALLOT, SAMPLE BALLOT, SEALED BALLOT, SECRECY BALLOT, SECRET BALLOT, SELECTED BALLOT, SEPARATE BALLOT, SHINGLE BALLOT, SHORT BALLOT, SPECIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, SPECIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL FEDERAL BALLOT, SPECIAL PAPER BALLOT, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT, SPECIMEN BALLOT, SPOILED BALLOT, SUBSTITUTE BALLOT, TEST BALLOT, TWO-SIDED BALLOT, UNACCEPTED BALLOT, UNCOUNTED BALLOT, UNMARKED BALLOT, UNOFFICIAL BALLOT, UNQUALIFIED PROVISIONAL BALLOT, UNREADABLE BALLOT, UNSTAMPED BALLOT, UNUSED BALLOT, UNVOTED BALLOT, VOID BALLOT, VOTED BALLOT, VOTING MACHINE BALLOT, WHITE BALLOT, WRONG BALLOT.

Also known asvote form · polling paper · election ballot · voting slip · ballot paper
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1. The issues and offices to be voted upon in a jurisdiction or portion of a jurisdiction at a particular primary, general election, or special election. "Presentation of every CONTEST included in a particular STYLE, possibly with votes (as in 'For privacy, the ballot must BALLOT be visible only to the voter')." VVSG. 2. A facsimile of the contents of a particular ballot whether printed on a paper ballot or ballot card or as part of a voting machine or voting device. 3. A physical or electronic record of the choices of an individual voter in a particular primary, general election, or special election. A "collection of one or more pieces of paper that presents every included in a particular and, when cast, serves as a CONTEST BALLOT STYLE CAST VOTE RECORD." The "collection of votes produced by one voter in one (as in VOTING SESSION 'ballot summary' or 'rejected ballot record')." VVSG. 4. The physical document on which the voter's choices are to be recorded. The "collection of all votes cast by one voter in one (as in 'CAST BALLOT'). VVSG. VOTING SESSION 2007 5. The physical document or display on which the names of candidates and propositions to be voted on are arranged. That "portion of the ballot containing the name of the candidate and the designation of the party by which he was nominated, or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment, or other question or proposition with the word "yes" for voting for any question or proposition, and the word "no" for voting against any question." N.J. Stat. Ann. §19:47-1. "'Ballot' means a handcount paper ballot or for an electronic voting system includes, a tabulating paper ballot, recorded by optical scan reader, containing the names of offices and candidates and the questions to be voted on, which is used in conjunction with the marking device and on which votes may be recorded. For direct recording electronic voting systems, ballot means the ballot display provided by electro-optical devices showing the names and candidates and the questions to be voted on that allows a voter to directly enter choices into electronic storage with the use of a touchscreen or other data entry device." N.D.C.C. §16-1- 06-12(2). "'Ballot' means a ballot label, sheet of paper or envelope on which votes are recorded. The term also includes a sheet or card, filmstrip or other device listing or containing information relative to offices, candidates and referenda which is placed, projected or composed on the board or screen inside a voting machine." Wisc. Stat. §5.02(1e). "[Ballot] shall include ballot cards, ballot labels, paper ballots, and electronic ballots." Ala. Code §17-24-2(3). See also ABANDONED BALLOT, ABSENT VOTER INSTRUCTION BALLOT, ABSENTEE BALLOT, AFFIDAVIT BALLOT, ALTERNATIVE BALLOT, AUSTRALIAN BALLOT, BLANK BALLOT, BLANKET BALLOT, BLUE BALLOT, BUTTERFLY BALLOT, CAST BALLOT, CHALLENGE BALLOT, CHALLENGED BALLOT, CIVILIAN ABSENTEE BALLOT, COMBINATION BALLOT CARD AND WRITE-IN BALLOT, COMPUTER BALLOT, CODED BALLOT, CONDITIONAL BALLOT, CONSOLIDATED BALLOT, CONTESTED BALLOT, CONTINUING BALLOT, COUNTED BALLOT, DAMAGED BALLOT, DEFACED BALLOT, DEFECTIVE BALLOT, DEMONSTRATION BALLOT, DISCARDED BALLOT, DISPUTED BALLOT, DISTINGUISHED BALLOT, DOCUMENT BALLOT, DOUBLE BALLOT, DUMMY BALLOT, DUPLICATE BALLOT, EARLY BALLOT, ELECTRONIC BALLOT, ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED BALLOT, EMERGENCY BALLOT, ESCROW BALLOT, EXCESS BALLOT, EXHAUSTED BALLOT, FAX BALLOT, FEDERAL BALLOT, FEDERAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT, FULL-FACE BALLOT, HAND-COUNTED BALLOT, HOSPITAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, IMPROPER BALLOT, INDIANA BALLOT, INSTRUCTION BALLOT, INVALID BALLOT, IRREGULAR BALLOT, LATE BALLOT, LIMITED BALLOT, LOST BALLOT, MACHINE-REJECTED BALLOT, MAIL BALLOT, MAIL-IN BALLOT, MARK SENSE BALLOT, MASSACHUSETTS BALLOT, MILITARY SERVICE BALLOT, MISREAD BALLOT, MULTI-FACED BALLOT, MUTILATED BALLOT, NO-PARTY BALLOT, NON-PARTISAN BALLOT, NULL BALLOT, OFFICE-BLOC BALLOT, OFFICIAL BALLOT, ONGOING ABSENTEE BALLOT, OPEN BALLOT, OPTICALLY SCANNED BALLOT, OVERVOTED BALLOT, PAPER BALLOT, PARTISAN BALLOT, PARTY BALLOT, PARTY-COLUMN BALLOT, PERSONAL ELECTRONIC BALLOT, PHYSICALLY SEPARATE BALLOT, POSTAL BALLOT, PRESIDENTIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT, PROHIBITED BALLOT, PROVISIONAL BALLOT, PUNCHED-CARD BALLOT, QUESTIONABLE BALLOT, QUESTIONABLE AB BALLOT, QUESTIONED BALLOT, READ BALLOT, READABLE BALLOT, REGULAR ABSENTEE BALLOT, REGULAR BALLOT, REISSUED BALLOT, REJECTED BALLOT, REPLACEMENT ABSENTEE BALLOT, REPLACEMENT BALLOT, RESTRICTED BALLOT, RETRIEVABLE BALLOT, SAMPLE BALLOT, SEALED BALLOT, SECRECY BALLOT, SECRET BALLOT, SELECTED BALLOT, SEPARATE BALLOT, SHINGLE BALLOT, SHORT BALLOT, SPECIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT, SPECIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL FEDERAL BALLOT, SPECIAL PAPER BALLOT, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT, SPECIMEN BALLOT, SPOILED BALLOT, SUBSTITUTE BALLOT, TEST BALLOT, TWO-SIDED BALLOT, UNACCEPTED BALLOT, UNCOUNTED BALLOT, UNMARKED BALLOT, UNOFFICIAL BALLOT, UNQUALIFIED PROVISIONAL BALLOT, UNREADABLE BALLOT, UNSTAMPED BALLOT, UNUSED BALLOT, UNVOTED BALLOT, VOID BALLOT, VOTED BALLOT, VOTING MACHINE BALLOT, WHITE BALLOT, WRONG BALLOT.

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Ballot. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/ballot

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