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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 Votes from wikipedia
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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...
- the po****tion
chooses representatives by
voting. The
procedure for
identifying the
winners based on
votes varies depending on both the
country and the...
- a
majority of MPs must not
vote against the candidate,
which renders prime ministerial votes similar to no-confidence
votes. That
means that a
prime ministerial...
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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...
- of the above"
votes.
Protest votes can take many
different forms:
Blank ballots Null
ballots Spoiled ballots None of the
above votes Votes for a fringe...
- more
votes than the
others are elected; the
winners are the n
candidates with the
highest numbers of
votes. The
rules may
allow the
voter to
vote for one...
-
Vote swapping, also
called co-
voting or
vote pairing or
vote trading, is an
informal strategic agreement between two
voters to "exchange"
their votes...
-
marked are
weighted or used as
contingency votes (any
system other than
plurality or anti-plurality)
Ranked voting methods, all
election methods that involve...
- roll, they must cast a
special vote. In the 2011 election, 334,600
advance votes were cast,
representing 14.7% of all
votes cast. This grew to 48% in the...
-
federal election,
there were 1.2
million postal votes cast,
amounting to 8.5
percent of
total votes.
Postal voting in
Australia was
introduced for
federal elections...
