The phrase "abstention votes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to voting, particularly in discussions about the outcomes of elections or decisions where individuals choose not to vote either in favor or against a proposal.
Example: "The final tally showed that there were several abstention votes, which affected the overall outcome of the decision."
Alternatives: "abstaining votes" or "votes of abstention".
Earlier this month, councillors voted to retain the title, with unionists voting against, and nationalists, with one abstention, voting in favour.
She has distanced herself from Iran, saying that she disagreed with Brazil's previous abstention on votes condemning the country's human-rights record.
Of the remaining Conservative MPs, 127 were in favour, 35 did not vote, and five registered an abstention by voting both in favour and against.
Despite participants reporting a civic duty to vote, a number of responses explaining abstention from voting indicated a lack of social capital (Behan 2012).
A fourth case study that is as plausible as the ones sketched above but was not found in our interview data would center on the mobilization of transnational political engagement against the backdrop of no political engagement prior to emigration, for example voting in homeland elections from abroad after abstention from voting 'at home'.
Some explanation for the abstention is vote pairing, which means if a Tory MP isn't there to vote yes because they're busy abroad, or at a function, or laying eggs into the mouth of Prince Philip, a Labour MP will abstain in return, to make the decision about whether people who didn't go to uni are allowed more than two children, by two parties run by people with three children, fairer.
But abstentions and votes against the measures leave Clegg facing a three-way threat in his party.
Abstention from voting is a common and respected practice, especially on controversial issues where abstaining can connote a special meaning or protest.
Letria went on to enumerate a number of "foolish things" that the Portuguese Nobel Prize winner could never have said to the Italian freelancer, including pronouncements about travel, abstention from voting, the character of Italy, Fernando Pessoa's "novels" (Pessoa did not write novels), and aging.
