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Nouns (4)

n. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

n. 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"

Verbs (1)

vote by ballot

v. vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"

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Fuzzynyms (8)

vote, suffrage, franchise, right to vote

n. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; strengthen by the Voting Rights Act of 1965; "American women got the vote in 1920"

say

n. the chance to speak; "let him have his say"

franchise

n. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

ticket

n. a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

elect

v. select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"

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