(a right to give) an expression of opinion or will by a person for or against a person or thing, especially by ballot or by putting up of a hand
decision or right to decide representation
Cases of word usage
1) a piece of paper used to vote in secret (ballot)
2) to take away the right of (a person) to send a representative to parliament or the right to vote for a parliamentary representative (disfranchise)
3) a person having the right to vote in an election (elector)
4) all the people who can vote in an election (electorate)
5) to give the right to (a person) to vote at parliamentary elections (enfranchise)
6) full rights of citizenship given by a country or town, especially the right to vote at elections (franchise)
7) the referring of a political question to a direct vote of all the people (referendum)
