Australian ballot Hare system affranchise authorize aye ballot blank check brevet canvass canvassing carte blanche casting vote certificate certify charter concession copyright counting heads cumulative voting deciding vote diploma diplomatic immunity discharge dispensation division empower enable enfranchise enfranchisement entitle exception exemption fagot vote favor female suffrage freedom give official sanction give power grant graveyard vote hand vote household franchise immunity indulgence legalize legislative immunity legitimize letters patent liberty license list system manhood suffrage nay no nontransferable vote patent permission plebiscite plebiscitum plumper plural vote poll polling preferential voting privilege proportional representation proxy ratify record vote referendum release representation right to vote rising vote royal grant sanction say secret ballot show of hands single vote snap vote special favor straw vote suffrage suffragette suffragettism suffragism suffragist the vote transferable vote universal suffrage validate viva voce voice voice vote vote voting voting right warrant woman-suffragist write-in write-in vote yea yeas and nays yes