(n) In competitions, the act of voting low other's entries for the purpose of improving oneself's entry.
opp: Upvoting (see)

(v) to downvote
> Hey you have downvoted me!
> You are a downvoter!
> Stop downvoting!

I like voting. Its quite good fun. I feel quite important when I go to the voting station. Its a shame its just once every four or five years though. Id like to vote more. I think we should be able to vote on lots of things. If we had some voting sof

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(260) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-V

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 29 October 2007 In the United States, touch-screen voting machines are more and more becoming the norm. While this new technology enables election officials to quickly tally the vote and determine the winners on Election D

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THIS IS AMERICA - Debate Over Electronic Voting By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, July 05, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And I'm

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 03 November 2006 watch High Tech Voting Machines Political elections are just days away in the United States, and more than a third of the votes cast will be done so electronically. This has many people concerned about v

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 29 March 2008 Zimbabweans wentto the polls Saturday to choose a president, parliament and local councils. The balloting was mostly peaceful although police said a bomb went off at the home of a ruling party parliamentary ca

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By Scott Stearns Washington 27 July 2006 President Bush has reauthorized key civil rights protections for African American voters in southern states. President Bush, center, surrounded by members of Congress signs legislation extending Voting Rights

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Election officials in several closely-contested states say Democrats are turning out to vote early in greater numbers than Republicans. With 34 states allowing voters to go to the polls in person before election day, experts estimate that up to 30 p

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Libyans Upset Over Restrictive Voting Abroad Few Libyans remember days like this when they could vote. And, it counted. Just saying that -- Libyan government. 'Voting for the Libyan government' has a nice, sweet ring to it, said Libyan voter Adam Sbi

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US Civil Rights Organization Promotes Minority Voting Not on our watch are we going to be pushed away from the decision-making table when it comes to school and education, jobs and economic policy in this country, said National Urban League President

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The major organizations monitoring the referendum on independence in Southern Sudan are releasing their findings on the voting process. Despite a few concerns, they say the voting has been a success. The Carter Center, European Union and African Unio

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US Lab Says Electronic Voting Machines Easy to Hack As the primary election season gains momentum in the United States in early 2012, voters will head to the polls to cast votes for their preferred candidates. About 30 percent of Americans will use e

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK, arguments start today in a big voting rights case before the Supreme Court. The case centers on an Ohio law that is meant to clean out the state's voting registry. The law says if you don't vote in two straight elections, and

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's spend a moment on an overshadowed question about Russia and the U.S. election. For President Trump, the investigation of Russian interference in last year's election is a quote, witch hunt. For some lawmakers, though, the r

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we have an update on voting rights for people who've been convicted of crimes. In the state of Florida, more than 10 percent of the adults in the state - more than 10 percent of all adults - are prohibited from voting becau

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This fall's election comes in several parts. Before the fight to win votes, there is a fight over who is allowed to vote. In Georgia, the Republican candidate for governor also heads the office that has been purging voter rolls.

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Suicide bombers have attacked two polling stations in Baghdad, killing at least seven soldiers, while an explosion near another voting place not yet in use took the lives of seven civilians. The blasts occurred as early voting got under way for Sunda

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Only 73% of registered voters chose to vote on Saturday. This is the lowest percentage since 1887. 3,053,705 people are registered to vote but only 2.2m people voted. Although it is too early to know all the details, it seems that young people are no

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats are getting clearer on their priorities for 2020. And one of them is voting rights. Here's NPR's Miles Parks. MILES PARKS, BYLINE: Stacey Abrams took the stage in Atlanta on Tuesday night for the Democratic response to

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