voting

2 definitions • 5 examples

the activity of choosing someone or something in an election:

Voting went ahead despite threats from rebel groups.

Pollsters asked people their voting intentions.

the activity of choosing someone or something in a vote:

The voting was by secret ballot.

So many of the EU's decisions are now made by majority voting.

Advocating tactical voting is nothing more than asking people to use their votes as sensibly as they can.