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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 is a
method by
which a group, such as a
meeting or an electorate,
convenes together for the
purpose of
making a
collective decision or expressing...
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Preferential voting or
preference voting (PV) may
refer to
different election systems or
groups of
election systems: Any
electoral system which allows...
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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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Vote Smart,
formerly called Project Vote Smart, is an
American non-profit, non-partisan
research organization that
collects and
distributes information...
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Postal voting is
voting in an
election where ballot papers are
distributed to
electors (and
typically returned) by post, in
contrast to
electors voting in...
- ****ulative
voting (also ac****ulation
voting,
weighted voting or multi-
voting) is a multiple-winner
method intended to
promote more
proportional representation...
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Plurality voting refers to
electoral systems in
which a
candidate in an
electoral district who
polls more than any
other (that is,
receives a plurality)...
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preferential voting. The
voter ranks the
candidates in
order of preference, and when the
votes are counted, the
first preference votes only are counted...
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Vote splitting is an
electoral effect in
which the
distribution of
votes among multiple similar candidates reduces the
chance of
winning for any of the...
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Early voting, also
called advance polling or pre-poll
voting, is a
convenience voting process by
which voters in a
public election can
vote before a scheduled...
