What is vote?

Voting is a method for a group such as a meeting or an electorate to make a decision or express an opinion - often following discussions, debates or election campaigns. ---- Process of voting Most forms of democracy discern the will of the people by a common voting procedure: * Individual voter registration and qualification, * Opening the Election for a set time period, * Registration of voters at established voting locations, * Distribution of ballots with preset candidates, issues, and choices (including the write-in option in some cases), * Selection of preferred choices (often in secret, called a secret ballot), * Secure collection of ballots for unbiased counting, and * Proclamation of the will of the voters as the will of the people for their government.