The phrase "a defining vote" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a vote that significantly influences the outcome of a decision or event.
Example: "The council's decision to approve the new policy was a defining vote that shaped the future of the community."
Alternatives: "a pivotal vote" or "a crucial vote".
The President has no power of veto nor the legislature a defined vote to override, but he can dissolve the Assembly and call new elections at any time he chooses, or he can resign and force presidential elections with himself as a candidate.
In a Congress likely to consider a health care overhaul, new ways to govern the financial sector and immigration changes after already approving a $787 billion economic stimulus, there is serious competition for the title of defining vote.
"A lot of Democrat members got burnt on that vote," warned Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, who called the climate change measure the defining vote of this, the 111th, Congress.
It will be a defining and momentous vote.
The simple switch in the survey, from a verb defining an action (voting), to a noun defining the self, (voter), dramatically increased turnout.
For example, people who took a survey on "being a voter" were much more likely to actually vote than people who took the same survey about "voting". The simple switch in the survey, from a verb defining an action (voting), to a noun defining the self, (voter), dramatically increased turnout.
Eligible voters are people who are part of the defined voting unit at the time of the election.
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Miami-Dade County testified at trial that he observed that three members of the county canvassing board applied different standards in defining a legal vote.
A monitor in Miami-Dade County testified at trial that he observed that three members of the county canvassing board applied different standards in defining a legal vote.
