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| Main Entry: | ballot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting; recording of vote |
| Synonyms: | election, franchise, poll, referendum, slate, tally, ticket, plebiscite, polling |
| Main Entry: | ballot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | candidates from political party |
| Synonyms: | choice, slate, ticket, lineup |
| Main Entry: | elect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select as representative; choose |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, appoint, ballot, conclude, cull, designate, determine, judge, mark, name, nominate, pick, prefer, receive, resolve, settle, take, tap, vote, decide upon, go down the line, opt for, optate, pick out, settle on, single out, vote for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, vote down, vote out |
| Main Entry: | election |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing; voting |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appointment, ballot, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, balloting, polls, vote-casting |
| Main Entry: | franchise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
| Synonyms: | authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record, tabulation |
| Synonyms: | account, agenda, archive, arrangement, ballot, bill, brief, bulletin, calendar, canon, catalog, catalogue, census, contents, dictionary, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, file, gazette, index, inventory, invoice, lexicon, loop, manifest, memorandum, menu, outline, panel, poll, program, prospectus, register, roll, roll call, row, schedule, scroll, series, slate, statistics, syllabus, table, tally, thesaurus, ticket, timetable, vocabulary, checklist, lineup, listing, screed |
| Main Entry: | poll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | census; tally of answers to questions of opinion |
| Synonyms: | ballot, canvass, count, opinion, survey, vote, voting, figures, returns, sampling |
| Main Entry: | poll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take census; question |
| Synonyms: | ballot, canvass, enroll, examine, interview, list, register, sample, survey, tally, vote, send up a balloon, test the waters |
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision or right to decide representation |
| Synonyms: | aye*, ballot, choice, franchise, majority, nay*, poll, referendum, suffrage, tally, ticket, will, wish, yea*, plebiscite, secret ballot, show of hands, yes or no |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide on representation |
| Synonyms: | ballot, choose, confer, declare, determine, effect, elect, enact, enfranchise, establish, grant, judge, opt, pronounce, propose, recommend, return, second, suggest, cast ballot, cast vote, go to the polls, put in office |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
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