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Casting vote
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vote
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Speaker of the House of Commons
the following:-To preside, as Chairman of the House, at its debates when not in committee; to give a casting vote, when the votes are equal, which according to practice he gives in favour of a motion or bill
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straight voting
straight voting : a system of voting for corporate directors in which each shareholder may cast one vote for each share of stock owned for each seat in contention compare cumulative voting
Voting
right to remain neutral as well, Lily Thomas, Advocate v. Speaker, Lok Sabha, (1993) 4 SCC 234. The casting of votes for the purpose of residing an issue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1571 … proceeding or in passing laws, rules or regulations, or the selection of an officer or representative'. Right to vote means right to exercise the right in favour of or against the motion or resolution. Such a right
Election
restricted only to the electoral process which commences with the issuance of the notification and ends with the casting of votes at the Polls. The word 'election' as used in the Representation of the People Act means … S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 90, H.M. Barclay, 3rd Edn., p. 1970. Is the choosing for the office by vote, Webster American Dictionary, p. 139. In certain cases voting by post or by proxy is allowed, Parliamentary Practice,
Returning Officer
registration officer (see REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS). In parliamentary elections the returning officer, if registered, is to have the casting vote but no other vote, by the Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 84)
Canvass
To sift to strain to examine thoroughly to scrutinize as to canvass the votes cast at an election to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote
Suffrage
elective franchise; voice given in a controverted point; aid; assistance. See ELECTORAL FRAN-CHISE. The right or privilege of casting a vote at a public election, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1447.
split
portions: as a : to divide into factions, parties, or groups b : to mark (a ballot) or cast or register (a vote) so as to vote for candidates of different parties c : to divide (stock)
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