casting vote

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tieType of vote, ballot
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Casting voice, Casting vote

the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. “When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice.” Benjamin Trumbull

From the entry Casting.

Casting vote, Cumulative vote

See under Casting, Cumulative, etc.

From the entry Vote.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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