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Meaning of "second ballot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SECOND BALLOT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECOND BALLOT

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Second ballot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECOND BALLOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of second ballot in the English dictionary

The definition of second ballot in the dictionary is an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECOND BALLOT

second
Second Advent
second best
second chamber
second childhood
second class
Second Coming
second cousin
Second Empire
Second Epistle of John
second estate
second fiddle
second floor
second form
second gear
second generation
second growth
second hand
second home
second house

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECOND BALLOT

absentee ballot
airline pilot
allot
ballot
blot
butterfly ballot
Camelot
hallot
lot
maillot
misallot
parking lot
pilot
plot
preallot
reallot
shallot
slot
the lot
vacant lot

Synonyms and antonyms of second ballot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «second ballot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECOND BALLOT

Find out the translation of second ballot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of second ballot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «second ballot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第二轮投票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

segunda votación
570 millions of speakers

English

second ballot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूसरा मतपत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاقتراع الثاني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

второе голосование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

segunda votação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিতীয় ব্যালট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

second tour de scrutin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Undi kedua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zweiten Wahlgang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

決選投票
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

두번째 투표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kertu suoro
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lá phiếu thứ hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டாவது வாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुसरा मतपत्रिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ikinci oylama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secondo scrutinio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

druga tura głosowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

друге голосування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

al doilea tur de scrutin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεύτερη ψηφοφορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tweede stemming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

andra valomgång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

andre stemmeseddel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of second ballot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND BALLOT»

The term «second ballot» is normally little used and occupies the 118.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND BALLOT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about second ballot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECOND BALLOT»

Discover the use of second ballot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to second ballot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Political Representation in France
Leftist electoral choices in forced-choice situations at second ballot (percentages) , France, 1967. cast their ballots for the Communist party at the first ballot faced forced choices at the second ballot not only in Type B districts, but in E, F, G, and  ...
Philip E. Converse, 1986
2
Quasi-Democracy?: Parties and Leadership Selection in Alberta
of voters to purchase memberships after the first ballot.17 The rules regulating participation on the second ballot permitted thousands who had not voted the first week to become part of the process on the second, and thousands availed ...
David Stewart, Keith Archer, 2001
3
In Situ and Laboratory Experiments on Electoral Law Reform: ...
Moreover, with the double ballot system, there are two important variables: the second ballot signal and the second ballot candidate number. For both presidential and legislative elections, the second ballot is signaled when no majority is ...
Bernard Dolez, Bernard Grofman, Annie Laurent, 2010
4
Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges
Their voters realized that they would have to choose between Left and Right on the second ballot, and so, as early as 1962, began voting for one or the other coalition in the first round. The centrist parties vainly tried to stem the tide, but by ...
Charles Hauss, 2014
5
Choosing the Chief: Presidential Elections in France and the ...
... and left-right self-locations place ahead of party identification. It is not particularly surprising that candidate evaluations should gain in imporlance at the second ballot, when the previously wider field of candidates narrows down to only two.
Roy Pierce, 1998
6
Democracy and Elections: Electoral Systems and Their ...
There are two types - the second ballot, used in elections for the French National Assembly and the Presidency, and the alternative vote used in elections for the Australian House of Representatives. Under the former system, a second ballot is  ...
Vernon Bogdanor, David Butler, 1983
7
Seats, Votes, and the Spatial Organisation of Elections
In this case the relatively large number of parties means that most contests are decided on the second ballot since initial majorities are hard to obtain. Hence the second ballot changes the initial plurality results more than alternative votes do in  ...
Graham Gudgin, Peter J. Taylor, 2012
8
The Twenty-First Ballot: A Political Party Struggle in Minnesota
With his wife on his arm, he went downstairs to cast his vote on the second ballot. The voting went more quickly the second time around, and the convention recessed until eight o'clock. There was frenzied activity everywhere. During the hour ...
David Lebedoff, 1969
9
The Longest Night: Polemics and Perspectives on Election 2000
The possibility of a second ballot—a runoff—radically changes that calculation. Candidates and parties who cannot win on a first ballot may be able to win on the second, after the field of candidates has been narrowed. In a single-ballot ...
Arthur J. Jacobson, Michel Rosenfeld, 2002
10
The German Polity
In national and state elections during the Social Democratic—Liberal era (1969— 1982), many SPD voters, fearing that their junior coalition partner, the Free Democrats, would not surmount the 5 percent hurdle, “lent” their second-ballot votes ...
David P. Conradt, Eric Langenbacher, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECOND BALLOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term second ballot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Second ballot initiative emerges to challenge Florida's solar choice …
A new bipartisan group in Florida has announced a new ballot initiative aimed at boosting solar power in the state and countering a rival proposal already in the ... «Utility Dive, Jul 15»
2
RSU 18 budget rhetoric heats up as residents face a second ballot
The districtwide ballot vote is scheduled for Tuesday. Residents gave initial approval to a $34.4 million spending plan for 2015-2016 at a district budget meeting ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
3
Marijuana Legalization In Ohio: Ballot Initiative Certified For …
Supporters of marijuana legalization in Ohio may get a second ballot initiative to vote on this fall. The state attorney general, Mike DeWine, certified Thursday a ... «International Business Times, May 15»
4
Second ballot measure to legalize marijuana submitted
In February, a group called "Legalize Maine" submitted a different proposal for the November 2016 ballot to legalize recreational marijuana. Both groups need to ... «WCSH-TV, Mar 15»
5
New Paltz school district voters approve $52.9M building project on …
New Paltz school district voters approve $52.9M building project on second ballot. The administrative offices of the New Paltz Central School District, at Lenape ... «The Daily Freeman, Mar 15»
6
This loaded Hall of Fame ballot is going to spark some outrage
Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, dropped from 38 percent to 35 in his second ballot appearance. Bonds, a seven-time MVP and baseball's ... «New York Post, Nov 14»
7
Returns favor three propositions in Dutchess, statewide
The second ballot proposal deals with the massive amounts of paper used each year by the Legislature to print bills and place them on lawmakers' desks. «Poughkeepsie Journal, Nov 14»
8
Confused on the ballot questions? We've got details
The second ballot proposal deals with the massive amounts of paper used each year by the Legislature to print bills and place them on lawmakers' desks. «Press & Sun-Bulletin, Nov 14»
9
Want Your Absentee Vote To Count? Don't Make These Mistakes
That vote is a provisional one, but when election officials get that second ballot in the mail, both ballots are rejected. It's illegal to vote twice — even by mistake. «NPR, Oct 14»
10
Kobach's ballot 'disclaimer' worsens Kansas' circus
He says overseas voters may have to cast a second ballot later. The 526 ballots to be mailed by Saturday to overseas civilians and military personnel include a ... «MSNBC, Sep 14»

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