In the law of elections. A slip of paper bearing the names of the offices to be filled at the particular election and the-names of the candidates for whom the elector desires to vote; it may be prlnted, or writ-ten, or partly prlnted and partly written, and is deposited by the voter in a “ballot-box” which is in the custody of the officers holding the election, opinion of Justices, 19 R