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121absentee vote — absentee voter. a vote cast by a person who, because of absence from usual voting district, illness, or the like, has been permitted to vote by mail. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * …
122ordinary vote — /ɔdənri ˈvoʊt/ (say awduhnree voht) noun Politics a vote cast by an elector at a polling place or at an early voting centre within the division for which he or she is enrolled. Compare declaration vote …
123remote mobile vote — noun a vote cast from a remote location by mobile phone; classed as an ordinary vote but not counted on the night in federal elections …
124plurality vote — The largest vote received as between candidates for an office at an election; the winning vote, except where a majority of votes cast is required by constitutional provision or statute. 26 Am J2d Elect § 309 …
125casting vote — ► NOUN ▪ an extra vote used by a chairperson to decide an issue when votes on each side are equal. ORIGIN from an obsolete sense of cast «turn the scale» …
126casting vote — or casting voice n. the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer when the voting on both sides is equal …
127graveyard vote — noun : a vote improperly cast in the name of a person who has died or who is ineligible (as by having moved away) to vote …
128unit vote — noun : a vote cast by a political subdivision as a single unit regardless of the number of persons voting or eligible to vote …
