ballot > define

noun

• A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting.
• A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative.
  • usage: "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"
  • synonyms: vote, voting, balloting

verb

• Vote by ballot.
  • usage: "The voters were balloting in this state"

• (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
• (v.t.) To vote for or in opposition to.
• (n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
• (n.) The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
• (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election or in a given territory or electoral district.

Ballot is the document distributed at the annual meeting to shareholders of record who wish to vote their shares in person.