What does voting mean?
Definitions for voting
vot·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word voting.
Princeton's WordNet
vote, ballot, voting, ballotingnoun
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
"there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"
Wiktionary
votingnoun
action of the verb to vote
votingadjective
Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
Wikipedia
Voting
Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, can convene together for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a jurisdiction represented by an elected official are called "constituents," and the constituents who choose to cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called "voters." There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections. In smaller organizations, voting can occur in many different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
Webster Dictionary
Voting
of Vote
Voting
a. & n. from Vote, v
Freebase
Voting
Voting is a method for a group such as a meeting or an electorate to make a decision or express an opinion—often following discussions, debates, or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. On June 13, 2012, ICANN announced amongst others that Valuetainment Corp. was the only applicant for the operation as registry of the internet top-level- domain ".voting".
Editors Contribution
votingverb
Verb form of the word vote.
The voting was easy, they all knew what choice they had made.
Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2020
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'voting' in Nouns Frequency: #2313
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of voting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of voting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of voting in a Sentence
To me it's personal. In 2000 I watched as the Supreme Court stole the election and changed the course of history. We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century,'.
Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan:
We believe we have an obligation to speak out and a duty to speak out, should we be favored with re-election, that will become intensified in terms of people here who will be voting, we will encourage them to become registered and become involved in the debate.
These new measures include provisions that make it harder for people to register to vote, curtail mail-in voting and early voting, and make it easier for state officials to simply delete your voter registration.
This was an attempt to suppress, in my case, my community, an African American community, solidly Democratic, suppress voter turnout in this upcoming general election, it's unfortunate that the powers that be, or whoever is behind this, would stoop so low to keep people from voting their choice this election, which is very, very important.
Voting on whether to ratify a contract is a key component of union democracy. Just like in any democracy, there is rarely 100 percent consensus.
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