"obtain votes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when writing about the process of trying to gain support from others to achieve a desired goal, such as a political election. For example, "The candidate is determined to obtain votes in the upcoming election."
Also, they were used to obtain votes for the queen contest".
Maduro appealed to citizens' hungry stomachs to obtain votes," said the journalist.
The two key woman suffrage leaders of the second half of the 19th century -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony -- failed to obtain votes for women and died disappointed in 1902 and 1906.
Also, they were used to obtain votes for the queen contest". According to WWMT, a student is believed to have included the brownies in gift bags for the school's football players.
Also, they were used to obtain votes for the queen contest". School staff reportedly confiscated three uneaten brownies out of what was believed to be a batch of 12, but nine of the edibles are still unaccounted for, likely warping the minds of young and impressionable Hartford High youths while they try to sit through Chemistry or whatever.
Liberty, he said, would still obtain voting control of UnitedGlobalCom and contribute most of its TV assets outside the United States.
The 2-to-1 vote was the latest setback in a nearly 200-year-old effort by residents of the District of Columbia to obtain voting rights.
Male family members were able to obtain voting cards for women simply by providing a list of women's names, the Afghan election monitors reported in May.
A1 District Protest Effort Gains Mayor Anthony A. Williams endorsed a grass roots movement to imprint "Taxation Without Representation" on District of Columbia license plates, to protest the fact that city residents pay $2 billion in annual federal taxes but have yet to obtain voting rights in Congress.
Empty voting is when persons or entities obtain "voting rights greater than their economic interest". The risk is that empty voting will lead to a reduction in overall shareholder wealth as the empty voter uses its voting power to act opportunistically at the expense of shareholders.
Last week, Mr. Hewlett showed that he would not quit even if he lost; he filed a lawsuit accusing Hewlett-Packard of improperly obtaining votes.
