To vote by ballot.
The process of voting in an election. In political elections in democracies ballots are usually secret: voters indicate their choice of candidate on a voting slip that is placed in a sealed ballot box or by pulling levers on a machine in a voting booth. Ballot rigging is a term used to describe elections that are fraudulent because of interference with the voting process or the counting of votes.
(Homonym: chews).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: chose, chosen).
1. To pick out, or select from a number of alternatives; SYN. take, select, pick out.
2. To see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way.
3. To select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; SYN. prefer, opt for.
1. To choose.
2. To select by a vote for an office or membership.
To choose; to exercise an option
To make a choice; especially; to decide in favor of something
1. To select carefully from a group: SYN. choose, select, identify, take.
2. To look for and gather; SYN. pluck, cull.
3. To remove in small bits:
4. To provoke:
5. To attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; SYN. break up.
6. To pilfer or rob:
1. To be guided by in voting
2. To bring into existence or make available by vote
3. To express a choice or opinion
4. To express one's choice or preference by vote
5. To express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
Berufung (meist auf Zeit) von Personen in bestimmte Gremien mittels Abstimmung durch Wahlberechtigte, im Fall einer Parlaments-W. durch die mündigen Bürger (in Deutschland alle Personen über 18 Jahre). Man unterscheidet bei polit. W. das reine Mehrheitsprinzip, bei dem gewählt ist, wer in einem bestimmten Bezirk die meisten Stimmen erhält, und das Verhältniswahlprinzip nach Listen, auf die nach erreichtem Prozentsatz der Stimmen die Mandate verteilt werden. Dieses System gilt in Deutschland, obwohl die Hälfte der Abgeordneten des Bundestags nach dem Mehrheitsprinzip in Wahlkreisen bestimmt wird. Diese Mandate aber werden auf die anderen nach dem Prozentverhältnis ermittelten Parlamentssitze angerechnet.
1. To choose.
2. To select by a vote for an office or membership.
1. To choose by means of a dial.
2. To operate a dial to select a telephone number.