voting
nounEtymology By surface analysis, vote + -ing.
1
The act or process of choosing someone or something in an election.
2
The act or process of casting a vote.
- Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from, we need to seek another choice.2016, Justin Deschamps, Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from …:
- The eyes of the people have been some time opened; they will observe, they will judge of our votings in this cause; and expect from us, as we have put a stop to unjust and exorbitant power abroad, that we should neither suffer nor endure it1806–1820, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803
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- Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2020: