balloting
    n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
         favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in
         favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per
         person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]

Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
   toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
   To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
   [1913 Webster]