Dictionary (n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.Thesaurus Australian ballot Hare system aye ballot canvass canvassing casting vote constitutional referendum counting heads cumulative voting deciding vote direct initiative division enfranchisement facultative referendum fagot vote franchise graveyard vote hand vote indirect initiative initiative list system mandate mandatory referendum nay no nontransferable vote plebiscitum plumper plural vote poll polling preferential voting proportional representation proxy recall record vote referendum representation right to vote rising vote say secret ballot show of hands single vote snap vote statutory referendum straw vote suffrage transferable vote viva voce voice voice vote vote voting voting right write-in write-in vote yea yeas and nays yes |