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Definition: Vote |
VoteNoun1. A choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion". 2. The opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote". 3. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920". 4. A body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote". 5. The total number of votes cast; "they are hoping for a large vote". Verb1. Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night". 2. Express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket". 3. Express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant". 4. Be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience". 5. Bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vote" was first used: 13th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. W W (double U) has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only cumbrous name, the names of the others being monosyllabic. This advantage of the Roman alphabet over the Grecian is the more valued after audibly spelling out some simple Greek word, like epixoriambikos. Still, it is now thought by the learned that other agencies than the difference of the two alphabets may have been concerned in the decline of "the glory that was Greece" and the rise of "the grandeur that was Rome." There can be no doubt, however, that by simplifying the name of W (calling it "wow," for example) our civilization could be, if not promoted, at least better endured. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | If you dream of casting a vote on any measure, you will be engulfed in a commotion which will affect your community. To vote fraudulently, foretells that your dishonesty will overcome your better inclinations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
General | Each delegation is allowed one vote. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Voting is usually the final step of a meeting's decision making. Alternatives include consensus decision making, which avoids votes where dissent is substantial, and betting as in an anticipatory democracy.
In a democracy, voting most commonly implies election, i.e. a way for an electorate to select among candidates for an office. In politics voting is the method by which the electorate of a democracy appoints representatives in the government.
A vote, or a ballot, is the individual's acts of voting, by which he or she express support or preference for a certain motion (e.g. a proposed resolution), a certain candidate, or a certain list of candidates. A secret ballot is seen as the standard way to protect voters' political privacy.
Standard vote types
Different voting systems use different types of vote. Suppose that the options in some election are Alice, Bob, Charlie, Daniel, and Emily
In a voting system that uses a single vote, the voter can select one of the five that they most approve of. First past the post uses single votes. So, a voter might vote for Charlie. This precludes him voting for anyone else.
In a voting system that uses a multiple vote, the voter can vote for any subset of the alternatives. So, a voter might vote for Alice, Bob, and Charlie, rejecting Daniel and Emily. Approval voting uses such multiple votes.
In a voting system that uses a ranked vote, the voter has to rank the alternatives in order of preference. For example, they might vote first for Bob in first place, then Emily, then Alice, then Daniel, and finally Charlie. There are a great many voting systems that use ranked votes. See preference voting.
In a voting system that uses a scored vote (or range vote), the voter gives each alternative a number between one and ten (the upper and lower bounds may vary). See range voting.
More esoteric vote types
More complicated methods have also been proposed, principally as a theoretical tool. For example, one method would make an average vote look like the following:
This can interpreted to mean: "Alice is my favourite, followed by Charlie, Bob, Emily, and Daniel, in that order. I am willing to compromise on Charlie if it allows me to avoid Bob, Emily, or Daniel being elected. If Alice and Charlie are eliminated, then I'll vote for Bob. In such a circumstance I am not willing to compromise on Emily to avoid Daniel being elected."
- Alice > Charlie >>> Bob >> Emily > Daniel
One reason for preferring complex voting systems that may allow for these statements is to deal with the need to accommodate expressions of both tolerances and preferences in voting.
Issues
A vote is an expression of willingness to participate in a common process with some shared outcome. Those who feel that they were unable to express their limits or boundaries of tolerance in a voting system may be more likely to resist or fight or fail to support decisions made through it (more or an issue with parties or policies). Those who feel that they were unable to express their real preferences may lack all enthusiasm for the choices or eventually chosen leader. Any vote is a balance of both kinds of considerations.
One common issue, especially in first past the post systems, is that of the protest vote: one might "waste one's vote" on a minor party to send a signal of strong preference for a candidate or party that cannot win, or of intolerance for the "more mainstream" options. However it is difficult to tell from the vote alone whether one was positively inclined to the minor party or negatively inclined to the major party.
Also, it is often not clear whether the voter really understands how his or her vote is counted in the voting system, especially with the more complex types. This often leads to issues with the results. Ballot design and the use of voting machines are of particular importance, given this issue. It is very important that the results, especially of a political vote, be seen as fair, as resistance to its results leads at best to confusion, at worst to violence and even civil war, in the case of political rivals.
In an effort to make balloting cheaper and more transparent, Argentina has introduced electronic voting in an upcoming gubernatorial election to be held on 14 September 2003. The pilot test will involve 500,000 voters distributed among 20 constituencies in the eastern Argentine province of Buenos Aires.
See also: Suffrage, Referendum
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vote."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
VOTE | English | Society for the Promotion of Vocational Training and Education | Education |
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Synonyms: VoteSynonyms: ballot (n), balloting (n), right to vote (n), suffrage (n), voter turnout (n), voting (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence of Choice | Verb: be neutral; Adjective: have no choice, have no election; waive, not vote; abstain from voting, refrain from voting; leave undecided; "make a virtue of necessity". |
Assent | Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to. |
Choice | Vote, poll, hold up one's hand; divide. |
Verb: offers one's choice, set before; hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative; put to the vote. | |
Government | Election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum, plebiscite, vox populi; electioneering; voting; Verb: elective franchise; straight ticket; opinion poll, popularity poll. |
Judgment | Plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote; (choice); opinion; (belief); good judgment; (wisdom). |
Opposition | Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Maybe the mayor let him out so that Williams would vote for him. (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur) Well I didn't vote for you (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) My vote counts as two. (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Oh, well, thank you very much, very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) Senator Dole, why should people vote for you (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | In A Jury You Get My Vote (Rock the Boat; performing artist: Aaliyah) I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote ("Summertime Blues"; performing artist: Eddie Cochran) He tried to vote but to him there's no solution (Living for the City; performing artist: Stevie Wonder) | |
Clever | We would all like to vote for the best man, but he is never a candidate. (references; author: unknown) America is a land where citizens vote for Democrats but hope to live like Republicans. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Vote for Michalski (1961) How to Vote (1961) Vote for Huggett (1949) How to Vote (1936) Show Vote (1928) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Soliciting a vote. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The globe-man after hearing of the vote on the Sub-Treasury bill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Electioneering in Georgia -- a candidate pleading for a mountaineer's vote. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | You wanted my vote on debenture, there it is!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vote of confidence. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The pre-primary vote / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | French women vote for the first time. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No. 1" refers to proposed anti-picketing law which was later defeated by California electorate. Kern County, Cali. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Waiting to vote. Presidential election, November 1940. McIntosh County, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Committee on Elections of the Senate engaged in the counting of the Ford-Newberry vote. Tellers in the foreground of the picture are Senators Walter E. Edge of N.J. and Selden P. Spencer of Mo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexis De Tocqueville | In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. |
Author Unknown. | In times of stress and strain, people will vote. |
George Jean Nathan. | Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. |
John Quincy Adams | Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. |
O. Henry | A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand the vote that shakes the turrets of the land. |
Senator Thomas Hart Benton. | He votes as a Southern man, and votes sectionally; I am also a Southern man, but vote nationally on national questions. |
Thomas Carlyle | Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ. |
William L. Shirer | Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | He acts also contrary to his trust, when he either employs the force, treasure, and offices of the society, to corrupt the representatives, and gain them to his purposes; or openly preengages the electors, and prescribes to their choice, such, whom he has, by solicitations, threats, promises, or otherwise, won to his designs; and employs them to bring in such, who have promised before-hand what to vote, and what to enact. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 4: The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | All other questions shall be decided by the vote of a majority. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1950) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Universal suffrage is so far admirable that it dissolves the emeute in its principle, and by giving a vote to insurrection, it takes away its arms |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | One must be 18-years old in Germany to vote. (references) | |
Women freely exercise their right to vote in village committee elections, but only a small fraction of elected members are women. (references) | ||
Switzerland's new Energy Market Law (EMG), provided it passed the September 2000 popular vote, will provide the legal basis for a liberalized market. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Slovak Republic | Three boards, appointed by a majority vote of Parliament, supervise radio and television broadcasting. (references) |
Mexico | Parties must receive at least 2 percent of the vote in national elections to maintain their registration. (references) | |
Burkina Faso | The demonstrators characterized his election by city counselors by the margin of a single vote as corrupt. (references) | |
Economic History | Austria | In 1995, it received 28% of the vote. (references) |
Gambia, The | Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh won 56% of the vote. (references) | |
Kuwait | Only 14% of all citizens are eligible to vote. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ireland | Its verdicts are by majority vote. (references) |
Morocco | In addition decision making was changed from requiring a unanimous vote to a two-thirds majority. (references) | |
Syria | Persons subject to this ban are not allowed to vote, run for office, or work in the public sector; they often also are denied passports. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | The Accord also provided that only "permanent residents" of the Chittagong Hill Tracts would be allowed to vote. (references) |
Dominica | Carib Indians over the age of 18 who reside there are eligible to vote for the Chief and eight members of the Council of Advisors. (references) | |
Cameroon | An estimated 95 percent of Pygmies did not have national identity cards; most Pygmies can not afford or provide the necessary documentation to obtain the identification, which is required to vote in national elections. (references) | |
Minorities | Yemen | Non-Muslims may vote, but they are prohibited from holding elective office. (references) |
Switzerland | The Emmen vote caused a national uproar and prompted several motions in Parliament. (references) | |
Switzerland | In June Emmen held another vote on the applications of 13 foreigners for citizenship. (references) | |
Political Economy | Turkey | The DSP polled 22.1% of the overall vote in April 1999 elections. (references) |
Uganda | The four other candidates received less than 4 percent of the vote. (references) | |
Guinea-Bissau | Citizens were allowed to vote in generally free and fair elections. (references) | |
Political Rights | Azerbaijan | Precinct vote totals were never reported. (references) |
Mexico | In others, they can vote but not hold office. (references) | |
Guyana | Any citizen 18 years or older may register to vote. (references) | |
Trade | Nigeria | All Categories of Company Shares to Carry one Vote. (references) |
Haiti | Haiti's parliament must vote to ratify this membership. (references) | |
Nigeria | All shares (i.e. whether ordinary or preferential) issued by a company must carry one vote in respect of each share. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | The British Government helped subsidize an NGO pamphlet that urged rural women to exercise their right to vote. (references) |
Morocco | The stated goal was increased numbers of women who vote and who run for office through a two-phase training process. (references) | |
Kuwait | As in previous years, women's rights activists brought cases (five during the year) asking the courts to order that they be allowed to register to vote. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bahamas | The Department of Labor must supervise the vote. (references) |
Azerbaijan | It continues to operate without a vote of its rank and file workers. (references) | |
Nicaragua | The Labor Code requires a majority vote of all the workers in an enterprise to call a strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SUFFRAGE, n. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized. Refusal to do so has the bad name of "incivism." The incivilian, however, cannot be properly arraigned for his crime, for there is no legitimate accuser. If the accuser is himself guilty he has no standing in the court of opinion; if not, he profits by the crime, for A's abstention from voting gives greater weight to the vote of B. By female suffrage is meant the right of a woman to vote as some man tells her to. It is based on female responsibility, which is somewhat limited. The woman most eager to jump out of her petticoat to assert her rights is first to jump back into it when threatened with a switching for misusing them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | Here's what I suspect. I suspect it's going to energize the Democratic vote. It's just a reminder of what occurred in counting votes in a presidential election. |
John Thune | Well, if you look at my record today, I mean, I think I'm going to make the vote that's right for the people of South Dakota. |
Nellie Connally | Oh, and you know, and Johnson said, Nellie, if they can just get up close enough to see him, they'll vote for him. And then we were going to have the big fundraiser in Austin that was going to end everything. |
Robert Novak | Mark, Elizabeth Dole had nothing but praise for Jesse Helms, but she was wise to say that the people of North Carolina are not going to get a Jesse Helms vote on every issue, including international trade. |
Robin Cook | I felt that we were wrong at the present time to go into military action right now. And I wanted us to be against that and vote against that. And you don't come to that, of course, with any integrity unless you leave the government. That's why I did it. |
Rush Limbaugh | That's why Secretary of State Colin Powell has urged congressional leaders to postpone a vote on a resolution expressing solidarity with Israel. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | If an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party through artifice or corruption, the Government may be the choice of a party for its own ends, not of the nation for the national good. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Although this proposition was refused by a direct vote of the Convention, the object was afterwards in effect obtained by its ingenious advocates through a strained construction of the Constitution. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | But be this as it may, it is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | My chief purpose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the Southern States. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We are there because the Congress has pledged by solemn vote to take all necessary measures to prevent further aggression. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | None of us can be satisfied when two-thirds of the American citizens chose not to vote last year in a national election. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Victories against poverty are greatest and peace most secure where people live by laws that ensure free press, free speech, and freedom to worship, vote, and create wealth. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Balancing the budget requires only your vote and my signature. |
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| "Vote" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.44% of the time. "Vote" is used about 6,434 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 67.44% | 4,339 | 2,270 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 27.95% | 1,798 | 4,706 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.35% | 280 | 17,458 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.25% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,434 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "vote" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Vote | Last name | 170 | 44,957 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "vote": a solid vote ♦ a vote of confidence ♦ absentee vote ♦ ballot vote ♦ be eligible to vote ♦ be ineligible to vote ♦ block vote ♦ by a unanimous vote ♦ card vote ♦ cast a vote ♦ cast one's vote ♦ casting vote ♦ compulsory vote ♦ crossover vote ♦ Cumulative vote ♦ direct vote ♦ dissenting vote ♦ electoral vote ♦ entitled to vote ♦ Fagot vote ♦ floating vote ♦ franchise to vote ♦ get the vote ♦ give one's vote ♦ give vote ♦ negative vote ♦ popular vote ♦ postal vote ♦ predicted mean vote ♦ proxy vote ♦ put to the vote ♦ record one's vote ♦ right to vote ♦ secret vote ♦ snap vote ♦ solid vote ♦ spite vote ♦ straw vote ♦ strike vote ♦ take a vote ♦ take a vote on ♦ take the vote ♦ the right to vote ♦ the vote ♦ unanimous vote ♦ unattached vote ♦ vote against ♦ vote by show of hand ♦ vote by show of hands ♦ vote counter ♦ vote counting ♦ vote democrat ♦ vote down ♦ vote for ♦ vote in ♦ vote in the affirmative ♦ vote many times ♦ vote of censure ♦ vote of confidence ♦ vote of no confidence ♦ vote of supply ♦ vote of thanks ♦ vote on ♦ vote out ♦ vote republican ♦ vote smb. in ♦ vote socialist ♦ vote teller ♦ vote through ♦ want of confidence vote ♦ win the wright to vote. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vote": vote-buying, vote-catcher, vote-catching, vote-chasing, vote-count, vote-endangering, vote-fixing, vote-gathering, vote-getter, vote-grabbing, vote-guidance, vote-hungry, vote-loser, vote-losing, vote-maximize, vote-maximizing, vote-of-confidence, vote-rigging, vote-seeking, vote-winner, vote-winners, vote-winning, vote-worthiness, vote-worthy. | |
Ending with "vote": iso-vote, one-man-one-vote, one-person-one-vote, one-vote, re-vote, x-vote. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
vote | 560 | woman vote | 29 |
nbc.com vote | 459 | miss universe vote | 28 |
register to vote | 243 | smart.org vote | 27 |
star vote | 84 | baseball star vote | 27 |
nbc vote | 63 | camel toe vote | 27 |
mlb star vote | 61 | fame vote | 25 |
thong vote | 56 | register to vote online | 24 |
woman right vote | 51 | picture vote | 24 |
project vote smart | 46 | pic vote | 20 |
womens right to vote | 45 | allstar mlb vote | 20 |
nbc vote.com | 44 | award espy vote | 19 |
electoral vote | 44 | vote of thanks | 19 |
fun vote | 43 | us vote | 19 |
vote smart | 39 | 106 park vote | 19 |
rock the vote | 37 | 2003 award choice teen vote | 19 |
right to vote | 36 | proxy vote | 18 |
award choice teen vote | 34 | game mlb star vote | 18 |
espy vote | 33 | black right to vote | 18 |
act america help vote | 31 | allstar vote | 18 |
game star vote | 30 | girl vote | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "vote"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | wys (indicate, manner, melody, mode, point, point out, sagacious, sage, show, tune, voice, way, wise). (various references) | |
Albanian | votim (ballot, poll, polling, voting), votë (suffrage), vendim i marrë me votim, fond i miratuar me votim, e drejtë e votës. (various references) | |
Arabic | قرار يتخذ بالتصويت, ورقة إقتراع, حق الإقتراع (ballot, suffrage), تصويت (ballot, poll, polling, voting), صوت إنتخاب, إنتخب (cull, elect, pick out, poll, select, vote in), إقترع (ballot), إقتراع (poll, voting), إقتراح (feeler, instance, motion, offer, offering, proposal, proposition, suggestion), إقترح (approach, hold out, offer, propose, proposition, put, slate, submit, suggest), أعلن (advertise, advertize, announce, avow, bill, blare, celebrate, count, declare, denote, enunciate, gazette, portend, predicate, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publicize, publish, put out, report, represent, rule, show, sound, state, usher). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | считам (conceive, deem, esteem, guess, hold, look on, make, reckon, regard, repute, see, suppose, think), гласуване (ballot, poll, suffrage, voting), гласувам (divide, enact, poll), гласоподаване (voting), глас (part, tone, voice, vox), вот (suffrage), обявявам (advertise, advertize, announce, bill, declare, intimate, meld, post, proclaim, promulgate, put up), предлагам (bid, hold forth, offer, present, proffer, propone, propose, put forth, set up, suggest, think of), правя предложение (propose, suggest), право на глас, признавам (accept, accredit, acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confess, find, homologate, own, profess, recognize), избирателна бюлетина (voting paper), избирател (constituent, elector, voter). (various references) | |
Chinese | 表決權 (right to vote), 表決 (decide by vote), 表决, 投票 (to vote). (various references) | |
Czech | volit (ballot, choose, opt, select), volební hlas, volba (choice, election, option), zvolit (choose, elect, make, return), schválit (approbate, authorize, commend, ok, okay, pass, ratify, sanction, validate), prohlásit (affirm, declare, enounce, proclaim, pronounce, set out, state), jmenovat (appoint, call, designate, dub, name, nominate), hlasovat (poll), hlasovací právo (suffrage), hlasování (ballot, plebiscite, poll), hlas (part, parts, sound, tone, voice). (various references) | |
Danish | stemme (voice). (various references) | |
Dutch | stemmen (tune), stem (faction, party, side, voice), kiezen (choose, elect, pick out), balloteren. (various references) | |
Esperanto | voĉo (voice), voĉdoni, baloti. (various references) | |
Faeroese | rødd (voice), atkvøða. (various references) | |
Farsi | اخذرای , رای دادن (Election, Resolve, Sentence), رای (Award, Dictum, Discretion, Judgment(Gement), Opinion, Poll, Sentence, Verdict), دعا (Devotion, Prayer). (various references) | |
Finnish | äänestää (ballot, take a vote). (various references) | |
French | voter (cast a vote), scrutin (voting), vote (votes, voting). (various references) | |
Frisian | stimme, stim (voice), lûd (loud, sound, voice, vowel). (various references) | |
German | Abstimmung (agreement, balancing, ballot, coordination, matching, poll, suiting, tuning, voting), Stimme (call, mouthpiece, part, register, tones, voice), abstimmen (attune, coordinate, hold a ballot, key, match, modulate, suit, syntonize, take a ballot, take a vote, to attune, to modulate, to syntonize, to vote, tune, voting), stimmen (attune, ballot, be correct, be right, go together, pitch, to attune, tune, tuning, voices). (various references) | |
Greek | ψηφίζω (ballot, poll, vote for). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ ין (from where, number, quorum, score, whence), ל"צביע בבחירות, זכות "צבע" (franchise, suffrage), "צביע, בחר (choose). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szavazás (ballot, poll, polling, voting), szavaz (to come to a division, to divide, to go to the polls, to poll, to vote). (various references) | |
Indonesian | suara (burr, voice). (various references) | |
Irish | vótáil. (various references) | |
Italian | votare (attune, cast, dedicate, offer, pass), votazione (marks, poll, polling, score, tuning, voting), voce (entry, hearsay, item, part, rumor, rumour, say, tones, voice, word), voto (ballot, desire, grade, Mark, voting, vow, wish). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 議決 (decision, resolution), 表決 (voting), 票決 (ballot), 票決 (ballot), 採決 (roll call), 決議 (decision, resolution), 決 (decision). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎけつ (decision, resolution), ひょうけつ (ballot, congelation, decision, freeze, freezing, verdict, voting), さいけつ (collecting blood, decision, drawing blood, judgement, roll call, ruling), けつぎ (decision, resolution), けつ (arse, ass, buttocks, decision, deficiency, excellence, lack, mosquito larva, that, vacancy). (various references) | |
Korean | 투표 (Ballot, Balloted, Balloting, Poll, Polling, polls, Voting). (various references) | |
Malay | pungut suara, memungut suara. (various references) | |
Manx | teiy (ballot, balloting, choice, choose, cream, cream best, cull, discrimination, division; tomahawk, gather, highlight; selection, pick, pick over, poll; prime, select). (various references) | |
Papiamen | voto (voice), vota, vos (voice), boto (boat, voice), bota (boot), bos (thunder, voice). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otevay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | voto (suffrage, voice, vow), votar (dedicate, devote, poll). (various references) | |
Romanian | vota (divide, elect, go to the polls, pass, poll, record one's vote). (various references) | |
Romansch | votar (to vote). (various references) | |
Russian | голосовать голос;голосование, голосование (ballot, inconclusive vote, poll, polling, voting), голос на выборах, вотум, избирательный бюллетень (ballot, ballot-paper, voting paper). (various references) | |
Scottish | guth (syllable, v. ghuith; pl.+annan, voice, word), aonta (assent). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odobriti (approbate, approve, approve of, authorise, authorize, credit, endorse, grant, hearten, sanction), izglasati (elect), glasati, glasanje (poll, voting), glas (phone, report, reputation, rumor, rumour, sound, voice, vox), biračko pravo (eligibility). (various references) | |
Spanish | votar (attune, ballot, go to the polls, poll, put in), voto (suffrage, vow), balotar. (various references) | |
Swedish | röst (pipe, tone, voice), rösta (ballot, poll), röstning (poll, voting), omröstning (ballot, division, voting). (various references) | |
Tagalog | ihalál, ibóto. (various references) | |
Turkish | ses (acoustic, audio, call, clatter, cry, noise, phonic, phono-, shout, sonance, sonic, sono-, sound, speech, tone, vocal, voice, vox), seçim sonucu (return), oylayarak kararlaştırmak, oylanan şey, oylamak, oylama (ballot, show of hands, voting), oy vermek (ballot, cast one's vote, give vote, plump for, poll, poll for, vote for), oy kullanmak (cast one's vote), oy (ballot vote, plumper, suffrage), karar (adjudication, award, conclusion, decider, decision, decree, determination, doom, fiat, finding, holding, judgement, resolution, resolve, sentence, verdict), bildirmek (acquaint, advise, affirm, announce, annunciate, communicate, declare, enunciate, give forth, give out, Herald, impart, indicate, inform, intimate, issue, let know, let smb. know, Lodge, notice, notify, offer, pass, proclaim, pronounce, put up, report, say, serve notice, signal, signalize, state, tell), önermek (commit, proffer, propose, propound, recommend, slate, submit, suggest), önerme (proposal, proposition, suggestion, thesis). (various references) | |
Turkmen | saяlow (election). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | голосувати (ballot, divide, poll, thumb a lift), голосування (ballot, division, poll, polling, suffrage, voting), право голосу (franchise, suffrage). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự bỏ phiếu chống (dissenting vote), phiếu chống (dissenting vote). (various references) | |
Welsh | pleidleisio, pleidlais (suffrage), llais (voice). (various references) | |
Zulu | -vota (choose, elect, pick out). ( |
