Ballot
WordNet
noun
(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"
(2) A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
verb
(3) Vote by ballot
"The voters were balloting in this state"
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Etymology
From ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote.
Not voting. The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to select at random, by lottery, a person for a role.
Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983