投票|とうひょうtouhyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbvoting; ballot; poll; vote
   ２０歳さいになっていれば、投票とうひょうできるのに。↗

   If I were twenty, I could vote.

• Synonym表決ひょうけつWrittenWritten/formal. Voicing approval or rejection of a proposal — by raised hands or standing up, not necessarily by ballot; common in parliamentary language.
• Synonym票を投じるWrittenWritten/formal. A set phrase for casting a vote, as in 「改革派に票を投じる」; it can also mean coming out in support, and is more formal than 「投票する」.
• Related決議けつぎWrittenWritten/formal. A matter decided at a meeting, or the act of deciding it, as in 「決議案」; the emphasis is on the outcome, which need not come from a vote.
• Related採決さいけつWrittenWritten/formal. The chair has the assembly vote on a proposal, as in 「採決を行う」; it refers to the voting procedure, while 「投票」 is the act of casting a ballot.
• Related議決ぎけつWrittenWritten/formal. A decision reached by deliberation, as in 「議会で議決する」; the emphasis is on the settled result, with voting only one means to it.
• Related票決ひょうけつWrittenWritten/formal. Deciding a matter by ballot, as in 「票決に付す」; it is used for meeting decisions, while 「投票」 also applies to elections.

Use 「投票」 for the act of casting a ballot, in elections too. For voting on a proposal at a meeting, say 「採決」 or 「表決」; for decisions reached by deliberation, 「議決」 or 「決議」. 「票決」 is deciding by ballot; 「票を投じる」 is a formal way to say you cast a vote.

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1. 選挙せんきょや採決さいけつなどで、自分じぶんの選えらんだ候補者こうほしゃ名めいや賛否さんぴを、意思いしを表示ひょうじする用紙ようしに書かいて、一定いっていの場所ばしょに出だすこと。