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Voting   /vˈoʊtɪŋ/   Listen
Voting

noun
1.
A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative.  Synonyms: ballot, balloting, vote.  "They allowed just one vote per person"


Vote

verb
(past & past part. voted; pres. part. voting)
1.
Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote.  "None of the Democrats voted last night"
2.
Express one's choice or preference by vote.
3.
Express a choice or opinion.  "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
4.
Be guided by in voting.
5.
Bring into existence or make available by vote.



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"Voting" Quotes from Famous Books



... are, earnestly petitioned to forward the march of democracy, to carry out the policy of the Democratic administration and to represent truly the wishes of the women of their own State by supporting this amendment and voting for it when it ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various
... gentleman had termed the most stupendous and glorious which had been erected on the foundation of human integrity in any time or country. Our own government, he continued, was in danger, for there were political clubs in every quarter, meeting and voting resolutions of an alarming tendency. Dangerous doctrines were also promulgated from the pulpit, and infamous libels on the British constitution were everywhere circulated. There might not, indeed, be any immediate clanger, since we had a king in full power, ministers responsible for their ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
... Ruth cried with a ringing laugh; didn't want any old people; they just wanted their dear Uncle Peter, and they were going to have him; a resolution which was put to vote and carried unanimously, the two pink bridesmaids and the two steel-gray gentlemen voting ...
— Peter - A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero • F. Hopkinson Smith
... you. If the Seniors have shown themselves unworthy of our confidence, they don't deserve our support in any respect. Instead of voting to elect them as officers, we'll withdraw our subscriptions, and found a separate system of Guilds for the Lower ...
— The Leader of the Lower School - A Tale of School Life • Angela Brazil
... eight o'clock on the fourteenth of December, and then crowds moved towards the town hall, where the voting papers were to be counted. It had been announced that the figures would be known soon after eleven o'clock, and thousands of people waited outside the huge building, wondering as to the result of the day's voting. ...
— The Day of Judgment • Joseph Hocking


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