- A system of voting secretly - Method of voting - Voting procedure - Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any
printed or written ticket used in voting. - The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or
tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. - The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a
given territory or electoral district. - To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
- Greater number or part of - The quality or condition of being major or greater;
superiority. - The military rank of a major. - The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law
to manage one's own affairs. - The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of
mankind; a majority of the votes cast. - Ancestors; ancestry. - The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all
other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by
which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other
candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See
Plurality.