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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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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...
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Runoff voting can
refer to: Sequential-loser
methods based on
plurality voting: Two-round system, a
voting system where only the top two
candidates from...
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Following is a list of
United States presidential candidates by
number of
votes received.
Elections have
tended to have more parti****tion in each successive...
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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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Ranked voting is any
voting system that uses voters'
rankings of
candidates to
choose a
single winner or
multiple winners. More formally, a
ranked system...
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Electronic voting is
voting that uses
electronic means to
either aid or take care of
casting and
counting ballots including voting time.
Depending on...
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Plurality voting refers to
electoral systems in
which the
candidates in an
electoral district who poll more than any
other (that is,
receive a plurality)...
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Vote swapping, also
called co-
voting or
vote pairing or
vote trading, is an
informal strategic agreement between two
voters to "exchange"
their votes...
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Vote Smart,
formerly called Project Vote Smart, is an
American non-profit, non-partisan
research organization that
collects and
distributes information...
