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Vote Voted People Choice Title Choose Election Voting

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If people v___ someone a particular title, they choose that person to have that title.If people vote someone a particular title, they choose that person to have that title.
His class voted him the man 'who had done the most for Yale.'.
Michael has been voted Player of the Year.
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noun
A vote is a choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election .
He walked to the local polling centre to cast his vote.
The government got a massive majority–well over 400 votes.
Mr Reynolds was re-elected by 102 votes to 60.
A vote is an occasion when a group of people make a decision by each person indicating his or her choice. The choice that most people support is accepted by the group.
Why do you think we should have a vote on that?
They took a vote and decided not to do it.
The vote is the total number of votes or voters in an election, or the number of votes received or cast by a particular group.
Opposition parties won about fifty-five per cent of the vote.
The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.
...a huge majority of the White male vote.
If you have the vote in an election, or have a vote in a meeting, you have the legal right to indicate your choice.
And of course we didn't even have the vote, did we?
Before that, women did not have a vote at all.
People with disabilities have got a vote as well, you know.
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When you vote, you indicate your choice officially at a meeting or in an election, for example by raising your hand or writing on a piece of paper .
Two-thirds of the electorate had the chance to vote in these elections.
It seems many people would vote for the government, if there was a new leader.
Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th.
The residents of Leningrad voted to restore the city's original name of St Petersburg.
The board of trustees voted by majority vote to remove the director.
The council voted 9:8 for a five percent tax increase.
Voting began about two hours ago.
If you vote a particular political party or leader, or vote yes or no, you make that choice with the vote that you have.
52.5% of those questioned said they'd vote Labour.
I probably would have voted that way anyway.
A single candidate is put forward and the people vote yes or no.
If a government or other organization votes money for something or to do something, they decide to spend the money in that way.
The General Court had voted $250 for a monument to be erected to his memory.
The Parliament voted more funds to help maintain American forces.
If people vote someone a particular title, they choose that person to have that title.
His class voted him the man 'who had done the most for Yale.'.
Michael has been voted Player of the Year.
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