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informal vote

Meaning of "informal vote" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INFORMAL VOTE

informal vote


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFORMAL VOTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Informal vote is a noun.
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WHAT DOES INFORMAL VOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spoilt vote

In voting, a ballot is considered soiled", 'spoilt', spoiled, void, null, informal, or stray if election authorities declare it invalid and thus do not included it in the vote count. This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has been called the residual vote.

Definition of informal vote in the English dictionary

The definition of informal vote in the dictionary is an invalid vote or ballot.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFORMAL VOTE

informable · informal · informal settlement · informalities · informality · informally · informant · informatician · informatics · information · information age · information architecture · information bureau · information centre · information content · information desk · information exchange · information gathering · information highway · information industry

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFORMAL VOTE

absentee vote · block vote · card vote · casting vote · confidence vote · donkey vote · electoral vote · faggot vote · floating vote · free vote · grey vote · popular vote · postal vote · protest vote · proxy vote · straw vote · swing vote · token vote · transferable vote · voice vote · vote

Synonyms and antonyms of informal vote in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «informal vote» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF INFORMAL VOTE

Find out the translation of informal vote to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of informal vote from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «informal vote» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

非正式投票
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

votación informal
570 millions of speakers
en

English

informal vote
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अनौपचारिक मतदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التصويت غير الرسمي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

неофициальная голосование
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

votação informal
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনানুষ্ঠানিক ভোট
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vote informel
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Undi tidak rasmi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

informelle Abstimmung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

非公式投票
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

비공식 투표
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Informal vote
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bỏ phiếu không chính thức
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

முறைசாரா வாக்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अनौपचारिक मत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Gayrı resmi oy
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

voto informale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nieformalne głosowanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

неофіційна голосування
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vot informal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άτυπη ψηφοφορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

informele stem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

informell omröstning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uformelle stemme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of informal vote

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFORMAL VOTE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about informal vote

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFORMAL VOTE»

Discover the use of informal vote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to informal vote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Electoral Democracy: Australian Prospects
E-voting technologies are also attractive to the young and therefore have the potential to both engage and re-engage young citizens electorally and assist those who are likely to unintentionally cast an informal vote.But there is one danger in ...
Joo-Cheong Tham, Brian Costar, Graeme Orr, 2011
2
Politics in An Arabian Oasis: The Rashidis of Saudi Arabia
(E. Gellner 1991) This suggests that informal vote and bloody praxis are means by which succession struggles are resolved. To succeed, one has to either gather supporters, or develop supremacy in competition, even if that involves the ...
Madawi Al Rasheed, 1997
3
2001: The Centenary Election
The main purpose was to reduce the informal vote at Senate elections. The changes had the unintended consequence of increasing the informal vote for the House of Representatives. The total lower house informal vote had been 185,312 in ...
John Warhurst, Marion Simms, 2002
4
Julia 2010: The Caretaker Election
No other seat anywhere in Australia saw the informal vote higher than 7.5 per cent. Even Wentworth—the smallest electorate in Australia, one of the wealthiest and one with a highly educated electorate—recorded a 4.5 per cent informal vote , ...
Marian Simms, John Wanna, 2012
5
The Constitution of New South Wales
In practice, because of the secret ballot requirements, a person cannot be punished for deliberately exercising an informal vote, unless he or she confesses to doing so.54 As Parker noted, the penalty 'can only be applied to those who do not ...
Anne Twomey, 2004
6
Election 2007: The Shift to Limited Preferential Voting in ...
In 2007, the informal vote was 0.7 percent of the total vote, up from the 0.4 percent informal vote in 2006. This is a very low informal vote, and can only be explained by the high number of assisted voters, who happened to ensure that the ...
R.J. May, Ray Anere, Nicole Haley, 2013
7
American Astronomy: Community, Careers, and Power, 1859-1940
Probably, the first or informal vote was an evaluation of individuals in isolation, while the formal vote was comparative, involving the ranking of candidates based on their perceived merit and, perhaps, the degree of support within the section.
John Lankford, Ricky L. Slavings, 1997
8
Elections: Full, Free & Fair
The scale on which this can occur is illustrated by the House of Representatives election in 1984 when the informal vote rose from 2.1 per cent to 6.8 per cent and an additional half million ballot papers were not admitted to the scrutiny.
Marian Sawer, 2001
9
Cases on Information Technology
Before the final decision was made, an informal vote (that would not influence the final decision) was held. Interestingly, the selection made was not consistent with the results of the vote. The vendor that ranked first in the informal vote was not ...
Mehdi Khosrowpour, 2006
10
Cabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Government
Another parliamentary practice relevant to this discussion was the "informal vote of confidence." According to the constitution, the government needed to resign only if defeated in a vote of censure proposed by the opposition, or by a vote of ...
Michael Laver, Kenneth A. Shepsle, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFORMAL VOTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term informal vote is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Flag show at half mast - National - NZ Herald News
The thinking is that a large "informal vote" count will register the level of protest. The timing of the Anzac centenary commemorations and low ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Antony Green's Election Blog: The Growth of Early Voting at NSW …
You have modelled the donkey vote and informal vote percentage as independent variables, but I wonder if there is any correlation between ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
Can Century and Glencoe football compete? A look at Year 1 in the …
At the conclusion of the November meeting, Glencoe parents were asked to raise their hands for an informal vote. While tally was close, the ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Teaching union claims school cuts will hit exam results
Mr Paterson added that at recent teachers' meetings, including one at Dumbarton Academy, an informal vote of those present showed ... «The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter, Jul 15»
5
Turkey nationalists reject coalition alliance, premier says
But the Yeni Safak daily, which has close contacts with the AKP, said Erdogan had already put the issue to an informal vote at a closed-door ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
6
Top Ten Highlights from Our 'Science of Star Wars' SDCC Panel
The panelists asked the room to take an informal vote on that controversial new lightsaber and the results were- surprisingly enough- ... «Outer Places, Jul 15»
7
Davutoglu expects to be tasked to form new government
But the Yeni Safak daily, which has close contacts with the AKP, said Erdogan had already put the issue to an informal vote at a closed-door ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
8
City council not laying any eggs
The council discussed fowl and decided to take an informal vote to see if there was support for an ordinance change. “I'm all in favor in ... «Sentinel-Standard, Jul 15»
9
Council proposals to remove a number of teachers is branded …
The proposals were rejected unanimously at an informal vote taken at recent teachers meeting at Dumbarton Academy and the union is ... «The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter, Jul 15»
10
2014 Electoral Roll was rigged
The around 10% informal vote in the North and East in 2011, so soon after the defeat of the LTTE, was a clear “protest vote” by the northern ... «Lankaweb, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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