informal vote
Britishnoun
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Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner after last month's first informal vote, in which the council's 15 members, including the five with veto power, pass judgment in secret on the candidates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the weeks after an election, the Republican conference and the Democratic caucus hold an informal vote among their members to decide who they want to nominate to lead their party in January.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
One is, at one point we took an informal vote and remember how many people were sitting around the room but it was split.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 11, 2019
And an informal vote taken by faculty in November found unanimous support for dropping him.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2016
This heartrending piece of intelligence touched the crowd, and Coaldust was instantly forward in proposing an informal vote of condolence, which was seconded by a bare-armed lady in a deerstalker cap.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Ian Hay
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