Ballot vs Allot - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between ballot and allot

is that ballot is to vote or decide by ballot while allot is to distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

is a paper or card used to cast a vote.

(wikipedia ballot) (en noun)

A paper or card used to cast a vote.

The process of voting, especially in secret.

* Charles Dickens

the insufficiency of the ballot

(chiefly, US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

The total of all votes cast in an election.

* (paper or card used to cast a vote) voting slip

* ballot box

(en verb)

To vote or decide by ballot.

to ballot for a candidate

To draw lots.

(wikipedia allot)

(allott)

To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot

To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose