- A system of voting secretly - Method of voting - Vote paper - 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.
- Careful examination - Close examination - Close observation or examination - Close examination; minute inspection; critical
observation. - An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent,
who were to receive baptism on Easter Day. - A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is
written. - An examination by a committee of the votes given at an
election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.