ballotful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ballot +‎ -ful.

Noun[edit]

ballotful (plural ballotsful)

  1. A quantity of agenda items to be voted on.
    • a. 1944, Bert Stiles, “Voting”, in Serenade to the Big Bird, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., published 1952, page 110:
      There was a Senate seat at stake, and a ballotful of other business.
    • 1962 November 4, “Voters Must Decide At Polls on Tuesday”, in Times-News, volume 44, number 203, Twin Falls, Ida., page 1:
      With registration halting Saturday evening, absentee balloting nearing an end and candidates having their last week-end for campaigning, Twin Falls county voters will do some last-minute candidate and proposition studying before making a whole ballotful of decisions Tuesday in the 1962 general election.
    • 1978 September 9, San Francisco Chronicle:
      GOP Shuns a Ballotful of Issues
    • 1991 October 29, Bill Thompson, “Taking it from the top, ‘no’ to all proposed constitutional amendments”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 86th year, number 184, Fort Worth, Tex., page 21:
      But lately, our fearless legislators have been coming up with entire ballotsful of proposals that everyone can hate at first glance.