Definition of Voting. Meaning of Voting. Synonyms of Voting

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Definition of Voting

Voting
Vote 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.
Voting
Voting Vot"ing, a. & n. from Vote, v. Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]

Meaning of Voting from wikipedia

- voting systems require different levels of support to be elected. Plurality voting (First-past-the-post voting) elects the candidate with more votes than...
- Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters parti****te in an election....
- elected. Under single-winner plurality voting, and in systems based on single-member districts, plurality voting is called single member [district] plurality...
- each of these groups votes en bloc in elections. Bloc voting in the United States is particularly cohesive among Orthodox Jews. Voting blocs can be defined...
- Look up foot voting or vote with one's feet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Foot voting is expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily...
- Preferential voting or preference voting (PV) may refer to different election systems or groups of election systems: Any electoral system that allows...
- Instant-runoff voting (IRV; US: ranked-choice voting (RCV), AU: preferential voting, UK/NZ: alternative vote) is a single-winner ranked voting election system...
- 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...
- Voting interest (or voting power) in business and accounting means the total number, or percent, of votes entitled to be cast on the issue at the time...
- 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...