From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voting
n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in
favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per
person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Voting \Vot"ing\,
a. & n. from Vote, v.
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Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more
candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter
making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Voting.] [Cf. F. voter.]
To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either
viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in
electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations,
etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an
interest with others.
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The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration
of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
--L. Beecher.
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To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires
a great amount of information. --F. W.
Robertson.
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