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EverestLand Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Vote/Ballot

There is voting going on:

"One hundred votes have been cast."
"One hundred ballots have been cast."

How are "vote" and "ballot" different?
  

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Hi, In that scenario, there is no real difference. Clive

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Hi,

In that scenario, there is no real difference.

Clive
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Thank you for your reply, Clive!

So,

"vote" = "ballot",

and

"ballot-box stuffing" = "vote-box stuffing"
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EverestLand"ballot-box stuffing" = "vote-box stuffing"
There is where the equivalence fails.

A ballot is the pre-printed paper where you record your votes. For example, you can vote on one ballot for a president, a senator, a judge, and a member of a school board.

- vote can be a verb as well as a noun.
- ballot is a noun
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Thank you for your reply, AlpheccaStars!

But in:

"One hundred votes have been cast."
"One hundred ballots have been cast."

"ballot-box stuffing"
"vote-box stuffing"

, both "ballot" and "vote" are used as nouns.
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In American English, "ballot-box" is commonly used.

Vote-box is understandable, and may be used in other English-speaking countries.
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Thank you for your reply, AlphecceStars!

So, if this is true:


A ballot is the pre-printed paper where you record your votes.
could this be true too?


A vote is the pre-printed paper where you record your ballots.
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EverestLandSo, if this is true:A ballot is the pre-printed paper where you record your votes.could this be true too?A vote is the pre-printed paper where you record your ballots.
No, not at all! If you say "An article is a printed document in which someone expresses an opinion," would you turn that around and say "An opinion is a printed document where someon
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EverestLandcould this be true too? A vote is the pre-printed paper where you record your ballots.
Vote means your preference for one of the candidates. You don't necessarily need ballots to vote, you can also vote by raise of hands, or any other method that doesn't involve writing your vote on a ballot and putting it into a box.
In turn,
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EverestLand"ballot-box stuffing" "vote-box stuffing"
A ballot is the paper used to mark votes. Most often, the names of the candidates are printed on the ballot, and a little check box where you check which candidate you want for which office.

After you mark a ballot, you cast your vote by putting your ballot in the ballot box.

Ballot-box
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