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VoteVote Vote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Voting.] [Cf. F. voter.]
To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either
viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in
electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations,
etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an
interest with others.
The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration
of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
--L. Beecher.
To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires
a great amount of information. --F. W.
Robertson. VoteVote Vote, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
to vow: cf. F. vote. See Vow.]
1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
--Massinger.
2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
person voting has an interest in common with others,
either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
ticket; as, a written vote.
The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote
that shakes the turrets of the land. --Holmes.
4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
Casting vote, Cumulative vote, etc. See under Casting,
Cumulative, etc. Vote
Vote Vote, v. t.
1. To choose by suffrage; to elec?; as, to vote a candidate
into office.
2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal
vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds.
--Swift.
3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by
a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [Colloq.]
4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
Meaning of Vote from wikipedia
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Voting refers to the
process of
choosing officials or
policies by
casting a ballot, a do****ent used by
people to
formally express their preferences. Republics...
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franchise is the
right to
vote in public,
political elections and
referendums (although the term is
sometimes used for any
right to
vote). In some languages...
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Vote buying (also
referred to as
electoral clientelism and
patronage politics)
occurs when a
political party or
candidate distributes money or resources...
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vote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
vote is a
formal method of
choosing in an election.
Vote(s) or The
Vote may also
refer to:
V.O.T.E., an...
- A
motion or
vote of no
confidence (or the inverse, a
motion and
corresponding vote of confidence) is a
motion and
corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative...
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transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked
choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner
electoral system in
which each
voter casts a
single vote in the form...
- Instant-runoff
voting (IRV; US: ranked-choice
voting (RCV), AU:
preferential voting, UK/NZ:
alternative vote) is a single-winner
ranked voting election system...
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Compulsory voting, also
called universal civic duty
voting or
mandatory voting, is the
requirement that
registered voters parti****te in an election....
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women to
vote in elections.
Several instances occurred in
recent centuries where women were
selectively given, then
stripped of, the
right to
vote. In Sweden...
- An
electoral or
voting system is a set of
rules used to
determine the
results of an election.
Electoral systems are used in
politics to
elect governments...
