Voting refers to the process of choosing officials or policies by casting a ballot, a document used by people to formally express their preferences. Republics...

A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion and corresponding vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative...

Runoff voting can refer to: Sequential-loser methods based on plurality voting: Two-round system, a voting system where only the top two candidates from...

up vote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A vote is a formal method of choosing in an election. Vote(s) or The Vote may also refer to: V.O.T.E., an...

Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which the candidates in an electoral district who poll more than any other (that is, receive a plurality)...

Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is an American non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information...

Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election....

transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form...

Ranked voting is any voting system that uses voters' rankings of candidates to choose a single winner or multiple winners. More formally, a ranked system...

preferential voting. The voter ranks the candidates in order of preference, and when the votes are counted, the first preference votes only are counted...

Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting ballots including voting country Depending on...

Vote swapping, also called co-voting or vote pairing or vote trading, is an informal strategic agreement between two voters to "exchange" their votes...

A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the...

Approval voting is a single-winner rated voting system in which voters mark all the candidates they support, instead of just choosing one. It is a form...

Vote early and vote often is a generally tongue-in-cheek phrase used in relation to elections and the voting process. Though rarely considered a serious...

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) (US: ranked-choice voting (RCV), AU: preferential voting, UK: alternative vote) is a single-winner, multi-round elimination...

instant-runoff voting (IRV), a national popular vote, and universal voter registration. It changed its name to the Center for Voting and Democracy in...

women to vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden...

In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it...

Weighted voting refers to voting rules that grant some voters a greater influence than others (which contrasts with rules that assign every voter an equal...

legal voting age is the minimum age that a person is allowed to vote in a democratic process. For general elections around the world, the right to vote is...

Early voting, also called advance polling or pre-poll voting, is a convenience voting process by which voters in a public election can vote before a scheduled...

Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in...

Cumulative voting (sometimes called the single divisible vote) is a election system where a voter casts multiple votes but can lump votes on a specific...

A swing vote is a vote that is seen as potentially going to any of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either of...

Dollar voting is an analogy that refers to the theoretical impact of consumer choice on producers' actions by means of the flow of consumer payments to...

"One man, one vote" or "one vote, one value" is a slogan used to advocate for the principle of equal representation in voting. This slogan is used by...

Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan non-profit organization in the United States. Through registering new young voters, the group aims to "channel the energy...

parliamentary procedure, a voice vote (from the Latin viva voce, meaning "by live voice") or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative assemblies...

franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages...