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office by voting. Residents of a jurisdiction represented by an elected official are called "constituents", and the constituents who choose to cast a ballot...

First-past-the-post voting (FPTP or FPP) is a plurality voting system wherein voters cast a vote for a single candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins the...

which make it impractical or impossible for them to cast a vote. For example, requiring people to vote within their electorate may disenfranchise serving...

but may only cast a vote in the Senate to break a tie. As of December 5, 2023, vice presidents have cast a total of 301 tie-breaking votes in the Senate...

vote (STV), sometimes known as proportional ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in...

In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states...

place. The Chartist voting machine, attributed to Benjamin Jolly of 19 York Street in Bath, allowed each voter to cast one vote in a single race. This matched...

cases in which a candidate died before the elector was able to cast a vote.[citation needed] As of the 2020 election, there have been a total of 165 instances...

A casting vote is a vote that someone may exercise to resolve a tied vote in a deliberative body. A casting vote is typically by the presiding officer...

citizens who are registered to vote cast ballots for members of the Electoral College, who then cast electoral votes for president and vice president...

federal election, there were 1.2 million postal votes cast, amounting to 8.5 percent of total votes. Postal voting in Australia was introduced for federal elections...

record". The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed...

building and polling station is the specific room (or part of a room) where voters cast their votes. A polling place can contain one or more polling stations...

cast ballots via these methods. In Australia, where voting is compulsory, early voting is usually known as "pre-poll voting". Voters are able to cast...

cast two votes, with no distinction made between electoral votes for president and electoral votes for vice president. The individual with the votes of...

a certificate at a police station near where they are. Belgian voters can vote in an embassy if they are abroad or can empower another voter to cast the...

the nationwide popular vote determining the outcome of the election, the president of the United States is determined by votes cast by electors of the Electoral...

woman who was charged, convicted, and then acquitted for attempting to cast a vote while on federal supervised release during the 2016 United States presidential...

That is, the voter has as many votes to cast as the number of seats to fill.[better source needed] The block voting systems are among various election...

A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the...