In democratic elections, a nominal ballot is a
ballot structure wherein one marks their preference with a
single choice for an
party or
individual candidate, or wherein
multiple parties or candidates are chosen with the weight of each
vote being equal.
Example of a single vote on a nominal ballot:
Who should have to eat the lard?
_ Pseudo_Intellectual
_ Truffle
x yam
_ L'Homme Tomate
Example of multiple votes on a nominal ballot:
Who should have to eat the lard?
x Pseudo_Intellectual
_ Truffle
x yam
x L'Homme Tomate
See
approval voting.
Contrast with
ordinal ballot,
borda count.