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Vote

To make a choice along with other parties asked to make the same choice. In business and finance, voting is most often associated with electing directors and setting company policies at the annual meeting of shareholders. In order to be able to vote under these circumstances, one must hold voting stock. The right to vote gives the holder of voting stock a great deal of control over the company. In democratic forms of government, voters elect politicians, who may promote certain business or financial policies as part of their platform. In turn, bodies of elected politicians often vote on proposed policies or programs.

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During the two-hour voting window, callers who get through can vote as many times as their redial buttons allow.

The science of American

More than half of the votes cast for the city elections in April were done through absentee voting, City Clerk Sharon Dawson said.

SOME VOTERS TRUE TO TRADITION ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST BY MOST, BUT DIEHARDS STILL HEAD FOR THE BOOTH

But whether they are the best option remains to be seen, and the search for the most practical and secure voting technology goes on.

Ballot roulette: computer scientists and mathematicians look for better ways to vote

Another type of repeat voting is accomplished through "early voting.

Saving our elections: America's once proud and trustworthy elections are being undermined, but concerned citizens can take steps to restore the integrity of our electoral process

But with the 2002 passage by Congress of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act, mutual funds and other representative brokers must now reveal their proxy voting records for public perusal.

The power of the proxy: bringing change one vote at a time

The United States of America is violating international law when it denies DC residents equal voting rights in Congress.

American democracy for America's capital

Perhaps the most notorious voter suppression tactic is perfectly legal: Six states, including Florida, bar exfelons who have served their sentences from voting for the rest of their lives.

Early and often: how to avoid butterfly ballots, long lines, and pregnant chads

The Voting Rights Act effectively ended the use of literacy tests and poll taxes, allowed federal officials to register voters, and required some Southern states to get permission from a federal court or the Attorney General before changing voting practices.

1965: at last, freedom to vote: forty years ago, police attacks on civil rights protesters in Alabama led to passage of the Voting Rights Act

In Gahanna, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, an electronic voting machine gave Bush 4,258 votes to Kerry's 260.

Follow nonexistent the paper trail: the technological advances in electronic voting machines rise accountability questions about today's democratic process

I vaguely recall voting in '88 for Michael Dukakis, whose only positive attribute was that his last name wasn't Bush (as is the case with John F.

Who's getting your vote? reason's revealing presidential poll

They said they were checking polls to see if illegal aliens were voting.

Bullies at the voting booth

They cite poor voter turnout among 18- to 24-year olds as evidence that many young people do not take voting seriously.

Should the voting age be lowered? Young teens work and pay taxes--but can't vote