Collocations for ballot - noun

secret
open
postal (BrE)
absentee (esp. AmE)
provisional
electronic, paper
national
first, second
leadership
strike
spoiled (BrE)

carry out, hold
organize
cast
Only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots.

count, recount
spoil (BrE)
mark
mail (AmE), post (BrE)

box
form, paper (BrE)
rigging
measure (AmE)
Voters in three states turned down ballot measures that would have relaxed drug laws.

at a/the ballot
They voted against him at the second ballot.

by ballot
The jury cast their vote by secret ballot.

in a/the ballot
The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain.

on a/the ballot
I voted for her on the first ballot.

ballot for
a ballot for the party leadership

ballot on
a ballot on the new contracts

ballot over
a ballot over strike action