noun
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Etymology
Origin of voter
Explanation
If you cast your ballot during an election, you're a voter. In a presidential primary, voters from each major party choose a candidate to run in the general election. A voter, simply put, is either someone who's eligible to vote in an election or someone who actually does vote. When a candidate addresses voters, they're speaking to a group of people, trying to convince that group to vote for them. When voters pass an ordinance or approve a school budget, that means that the majority of those who voted made those choices. The Latin root of both voter and vote is vovere, "to promise."
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“Residency isn’t just where you buy a condo, it’s where you actually live: day counts, driver’s licenses, voter registration, where your doctor is,” Judge said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
"Momentum doesn't happen by accident," said Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of the grassroots group Our Revolution, which says its volunteers have made more than 300,000 voter contacts for El-Sayed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
In response, voters put forward a ballot measure this year that sought to narrowly define fees and require voter approval for those that raise large amounts of revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Paxton has repeatedly declined to answer the newsrooms’ questions about his voter registration and residency.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The dumbest ward heeler was smart enough to know that time, no matter what else it did, passed, and that the school boy of today was the voter of tomorrow.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The Associated Press estimated that 82 percent of the 5th Congressional District’s voters were new to it.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
Black clergy in the city, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, are redoubling their efforts to mobilize voters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Although Allen can highlight that he is the party nominee in the official state voter guide, Skelton said most voters will walk into the polls not knowing either candidate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
"They don't believe he has a magic wand. I don't blame him for the overcrowding crisis and I don't think voters do".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Ninety percent of Durham’s black voters cast their ballots for Grabarek, handing the new mayor his slim margin of victory with their 2,418 votes.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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