Ballot \Bal"lot\, v. t. To vote for or in opposition to.

None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. --Sir H. Wotton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]

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

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

The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)