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- noun Plural form of
nonvote .
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Examples
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In that recount, they will scan all 654,000 ballots cast on election day here in Miami, culling out the so-called nonvotes, the so-called undervotes, in which there was no vote for president recorded.
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They pointed to other counties, 34 counties in Florida, and then another three states where they said, you know, there are an equal percentage of so-called nonvotes there.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Baker Announces New Legal Team for Bush Campaign - November 28, 2000 2000
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You start with a universe of the ballots that did not record a vote for president, the so-called nonvotes or undervotes, and you look at those manually.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Gore Legal Legal Team Holds News Briefing - November 30, 2000 2000
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The new rule allows unions to be formed if the majority of votes are cast in their favor, reversing a seven-decade industry practice that counted nonvotes as "no" votes.
Labor Board Broadens Delta Probe Mike Esterl 2011
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The controversial rule change, which reverses a 70-year practice of counting nonvotes as no votes, was expected to make unionization easier to achieve.
Virgin America Facing Unionization Petition Susan Carey 2011
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That reverses a 70-year practice in the airline industry of counting nonvotes as no votes.
Union Organizing Picks Up at Small Carriers Susan Carey 2010
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The new rule allows unions to be formed if the majority of votes are cast in their favor, reversing a seven-decade industry practice that counted nonvotes as "no" votes.
Labor Board Broadens Delta Probe Mike Esterl 2011
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Rod McDonald, said in an interview Thursday that a low voter turnout, coupled with nonvotes thanks to new rules on broker discretionary votes, caused the reverse split and share combination to narrowly miss approval.
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Some counties recorded unperforated punch ballots as votes while others designated them as nonvotes.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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Sen. Johnny Isakson R., Ga. on Thursday urged the NMB to respect the outcome of the flight-attendant vote and accused the agency of a labor-friendly bias after it changed how nonvotes are treated.
Delta Ramp Workers Reject Union Mike Esterl 2010
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