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41vote down — PHRASAL VERB If people vote down a person or their proposal, they reject that person or proposal, usually as a result of a formal vote. [V P n (not pron)] The Congress voted down a motion to change the union s structure... [V n P] If he demands… …
42vote of no confidence — votes of no confidence N COUNT: usu sing A vote of no confidence is a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they do not support the person or group in power, usually the government. The opposition has called for a vote of no …
43Not for Publication — For the 1951 52 DuMont television series, see Not for Publication (DuMont TV series). Not for Publication Directed by Paul Bartel …
44vote of no confidence — noun (C) 1 a formal process in which people vote in order to show that they do not support someone or something, especially the government 2 something that you do or say that shows that you do not support someone …
45vote\ a\ straight\ ticket — v. phr. To not differentiate one s ballot according to individual names and posts, but to vote for all candidates for all positions of the same party. I never have time to study the ballot in detail, Marie said, and so I tend to vote a straight… …
46vote in — PHRASAL VERB If people vote in a particular person or political party, they give enough votes to that person or party in an official election for them to hold a position of power. [V n P] If he fails, then he will have little excuse in the eyes… …
47Right of foreigners to vote — Suffrage, the right to vote in a particular country, generally derives from citizenship. In most countries, the right to vote is reserved to those who possess the citizenship of the country in question. Some countries, however, have extended… …
48Division (vote) — Division of the house is a parliamentary mechanism which calls for a rising vote, wherein the members of the house literally divide into groups indicating a vote in favour of or in opposition to a motion on the floor. This was the method used to… …
49No Land! No House! No Vote! — See also: No Land! No House! No Vote! (Book) No Land! No House! No Vote! is the name of a campaign by a number of poor people s movements in South Africa that calls for the boycotting of the vote and a general rejection of party politics and vote …
50silent vote — noun : the vote of those whose choice is not publicly known it s feared the silent vote is going to go against the administration Newsweek * * * the vote of persons who have not previously expressed or made evident a preference. [1785 95] * * *… …
