balloting n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: {vote}, {ballot}, {voting}, {balloting}]
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balloted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Balloting}.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See {Ballot}, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. [1913 Webster]