ballotation

English

Etymology

ballot +‎ -ation

Noun

ballotation (countable and uncountable, plural ballotations)

(obsolete) Voting by ballot.
- a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter
  In the first Ballotation, the Balls were equal: in the second, there was one Ball more (as they say) in the negative Box

References

“ballotation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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