| Abstract from DBPedia | Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, can engage for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a jurisdiction represented by an elected official are called "constituents," and the constituents who choose to cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called "voters." There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections. In smaller organizations, voting can occur in many different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.投票（とうひょう）とは、ある集団で特定の地位に就くべき者を決定したり（選挙）、団体としての意思を決定するために各成員（選挙民、会議や学級会の参加者など）が個々の意思表示を行う行為。意思の分布を調べるためにも行われる。なお、明治初期には選挙の投票は「入札」と称されたこともある。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Voting) |
