| rdfs:comment | - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Ballot]] ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote. Not voting. The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to select at random, by lottery, a person for a role. Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983
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| abstract | - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Ballot]] ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote. Not voting. The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to select at random, by lottery, a person for a role. Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983
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