eligible voter
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeligibleandvoter
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eligible
adjective
uk/ˈel.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/us/ˈel.ə.dʒə.bəl/
having the necessary qualities or satisfying the ...
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voter
noun[C]
uk/ˈvəʊ.tər/us/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a person who votes or who has a legal right to vote, especially in ...
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(Definition ofeligibleandvoterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofeligible voter
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The analysis of our alternative measure of reliance on television advertising informs a similar inference - higher cost registration is associated with less spent pereligiblevoteron broadcast advertising.
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And, most important of all, will it be sent to everyeligiblevoter?
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This 63.0% turnout rate is based on an estimatedeligiblevoterpopulation of 208,323,000.
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The election was held under universal suffrage and anyeligiblevotercould stand as a candidate.
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In countries that do not have mandatory voting, voter turnout can be low, sometimes even below a third of theeligiblevoterpool.
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Everyeligiblevoterreceives a personal polling notification by mail some weeks before the election, indicating the polling station of the voter's precinct.
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In the 1996 village election, there were 1,731 eligible voters.
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Of these, 234 cast ballots (although five of these were spoiled) out of an estimatedeligiblevoterbase of 200.
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The project works to protect fair elections that allow everyeligiblevoterthe opportunity to vote and to have their vote counted.
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It is philosophically accepted that in a democracy, each vote is equally valid amongst all other votes and thus eacheligiblevotercasts only one equally valued vote.
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In 1996, the population in that village was 1,762, 1,148 of who were eligible voters.
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Under the act, an individual must be aneligiblevoter, as of the day on which he or she is nominated, in order to stand as a candidate.
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Another estimate puts theeligiblevoterpopulation at 213,313,508, resulting in a turnout rate of 61.6%, which would be the highest turnout rate since 1968.
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However, any opinion poll is subject to sampling error unless all eligible voters are surveyed.
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In other words, 54.95 per cent of the eligible voters turned out at the election.
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Voter participation was just over 56 % of the country's 4 million eligible voters.
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For example, handwritten lists of eligible voters were often difficult to read, making precise identification of many immigrant names impossible.
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The percentage of the estimated eligible population which registered was of course even lower, because population growth had increased the number of eligible voters.
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Furthermore, it remains extremely low when compared to the voting age population, reflecting serious deficiencies in the registration of eligible voters.
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The same figure for eligible voters is 51.6 per cent due to the fact that women tend to live longer than men.
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