secret ballot
noun [C or U]Definition
› a method of voting in which each person writes their choice on a piece of paper so that no one else knows how they have voted: The election of the government is carried out by secret ballot.Elections
(Definition of secret ballot noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absentee ballot noun
- absolute majority noun
- abstain verb (NOT VOTE)
- abstention noun (NOT VOTING)
- aye noun
- ballot rigging noun
- first-past-the-post adjective
- franchise noun (VOTE)
- general election noun
- gerrymandering noun
- go to the country idiom
- nominate verb (SUGGEST)
- rigging noun (DISHONESTLY ARRANGE)
- scrutineer noun
- show of hands noun
- spoil verb (DESTROY)
- straw poll noun
- suffrage noun
- teller noun
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