voter

American  

[voh-ter] / ˈvoʊ tər /

noun

voters plural

1. a person who votes.

2. a person who has a right to vote; elector.

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voter British  

/ ˈvəʊtə /

noun

1. a person who can or does vote

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• voters
  plural

Etymology

Origin of voter

1570–80; vote (v.) + -er ¹

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."

Example Sentences

First, does either a federal consent decree that Arizona entered into 2018 or a federal law, the National Voter Registration Act, prevent Arizona from rejecting voter registrations when voters don’t produce documentary proof of citizenship?

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

Longwell has also been working on her first book, scheduled to be published Sept. 8, called “How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Two decades ago, California used to count 80% of its ballots within the first two days after an election, according to a California Voter Foundation analysis.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Voter Steven Travers told The Times that he didn’t feel like there were many options for him in the mayoral election this year, except for the incumbent Karen Bass.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

I turned the pages breathlessly until I came to "Class V, Voter; sub-class P, Proportional Representation."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 by Various

Related Words

• citizen
• resident
• taxpayer