Ballot n. : Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

Ballot n. : The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.

Ballot n. : The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.

Ballot n. : To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

Ballot v. t. : To vote for or in opposition to.

Example:
How do you start a Ballot initiative / proposition in California?

Taxonomy
ballot, voters, candidates, paper ballots, election, referenda, jurisdiction, polls close, voting systems, ballot design, election officials, rank candidates, butterfly ballot, free encyclopedia, pre-printed, ballot paper, cast, dispute.

Defination from the web:
ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental ... The United States has a unique politics of long and short ballot. ...