butterfly ballot

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noun

US a ballot paper in the form of two leaves extending from a central spine

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Word Origin for butterfly ballot

C20: from its resemblance to a butterfly's wings

Words nearby butterfly ballot

butterfingers, butterfish, butterflies, butterflies in one's stomach, butterfly, butterfly ballot, butterfly bomb, butterfly bush, butterfly chair, butterfly closure, butterfly collar

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How to use butterfly ballot in a sentence

However, more than 20 players on the ballot this year were probably worthy of being enshrined in Cooperstown.
Conservative Curt Says His Politics, Not His Pitching, Kept Him Out of the Hall of Fame|Ben Jacobs|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If 29 vote for someone else, the race for speaker goes to a second ballot for the first time in almost 100 years.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At least 29 fellow Republicans must vote against Boehner for a second ballot to be reached, and that seems very unlikely.
The YOLO Caucus' New Cry for Attention|Ben Jacobs|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He goes into some detail into what it took to persuade voters to pass marriage equality at the ballot box in four states in 2012.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality|E.J. Graff|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By 2012, the marriage equality movement had won in courts and legislatures—but not at the ballot box.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality|E.J. Graff|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She became my sweetheart, temporarily; but a born butterfly, she soon fluttered away, leaving me disconsolate—for a time!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
But it jes serves the Govment right fur not parsin' the Second Ballot.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, July 27, 1895|Various
But if a reform party does achieve power, if only for a term, the first thing for it to do is to overhaul the ballot system.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
"The town marshal will stay right where he is, and guard the ballot box," said the chairman.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
He maintained the connexion of church and state, and opposed triennial parliaments and the ballot.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various