"voting abstention" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to the act of abstaining from voting in an election or other decision-making process. Example: "Many people chose to participate in the protest by voting abstention in the election, as they did not support any of the candidates."
When a committee of politicians takes a vote, abstention is still a political statement by ostensibly refusing to get involved, the abstaining politician is nevertheless stating her position.
But he points out indignantly: "Voting is not the same as attendance". Representing neither the government nor opposition, "I have no means of voting an abstention.
But on Tuesday, election officials declared Mr. Barraza the loser by 9,000 votes -- a landslide defeat in a place where election margins are typically smaller than 3,000 votes and abstention rates soar above 40percentt.
Minister after minister – people I hadn't had time to lobby, whose views I wouldn't have guessed – spoke up and favoured a yes vote or abstention.
Some of the delegations that plan to change their votes from abstention to support for the Algerian resolution or from op position to abstention are wait ing until tomorrow to announce their intention.
One negative vote or abstention from a rogue member of this majority — a settler upset about delays to settlement construction, an Orthodox leader upset by a cut to support for Yeshiva students — and the government might well fall.
One negative vote or abstention from a rogue member of this majority a settler upset about delays to settlement construction, an Orthodox leader upset by a cut to support for Yeshiva students—and the government might well fall.
15 Examining the intention to turn out in an EP election gives us also the advantage of studying an election with lower overall turnout; this could reduce the social desirability bias as people might be less reluctant to declare that they will not vote when abstention is a more common phenomenon.
The number of "No" votes and abstentions cast by institutional investors has been rising recently, according to PIRC.
More Turkish lawmakers supported the measure than opposed it, but the resolution failed because the total number of "no" votes and abstentions exceeded the number of favorable votes.
