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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...
- 0
votes if
enough negative votes are cast
against their opponents.
Under this implementation,
negative voting is no
different from a
positive voting system...
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Runoff voting can
refer to:
Sequential loser elimination methods Sequential-loser
methods based on
plurality voting: Two-round system, a
voting system...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- not
receive a
majority of first-choice
votes, the
candidate with the
fewest votes is eliminated, and
their votes are
redistributed according to the voters'...
- women's
suffrage was
introduced after a
vote with 10
votes for and
eight against,
while however eligibility was
voted down. Women's
eligibility was introduced...
- "preference
votes" are used to
express preference for
individual candidates instead of
party lists.
Electoral system Social choice theory Weighted voting Rated...
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procedural votes, such as on
invoking cloture, in
addition to
final votes on
divisive issues,
resulting in the vice
president needing to
vote multiple times...