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
Then the matter was put to informal vote, and it was decided to ask the permission of the Athletic Committee to put through the scheme presented by Dick & Co.
From The High School Freshmen Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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