suffragi

The phrase "per modum suffragi et deprecationis" has been variously interpreted by theologians (Bellarmine, "De indulgentiis", p. 137).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

A stamped blue official paper, with a memorandum of the law printed on the back (_bolletino spiegato_), is then issued to the elector; on this he writes the name of a candidate (there being equal electoral colleges) or, in certain exceptional cases, gets a confidential friend to do so, and hands the paper folded-up to the president of the bureau, who puts it in the box (_urna_), and who afterwards presides at the public "squittinio dei suffragi."

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various