revote

noun

re·​vote ˈrē-ˌvōt How to pronounce revote (audio)
variants or re-vote
plural revotes or re-votes
: the act or process of voting again
The board ordered/held/scheduled a revote.
A coalition of human rights groups called for a revote, saying there were thousands of complaints of violations at the polls …Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh
He won the revote.
The Senate voted on the tax bill Tuesday night before it went back to the House for a revoteJohn Siciliano and Josh Siegel
revote verb, transitive + intransitive
or re-vote
revoted or re-voted; revoting or re-voting
After some tweaking, the Senate was expected to approve the bill overnight Tuesday. The House would then need to re-vote on Wednesday. Dan Freedman
The city will revote on the zoning request in December. William Hughes
… it still took us more than three hours of debate, discussion, voting and revoting to arrive at a consensus. Keven Ann Willey

Examples of revote in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Under Jake's scenario, the tie would then lead to a revote, which would also be a tie. EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023 With fan protests growing, several clubs have suggested a revote over the last few weeks. Manuel Veth, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 That led to a 3-3 tie between Naseer and Heather, with Naseer taken out unanimously on the revote. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021 After the vote was rigged for Yanukovych, Ukrainians rose up in the Orange Revolution, which culminated in a revote and a victory for Yushchenko. The Week Staff, The Week, 6 Mar. 2022 Two months ago, the NLRB ordered a revote after concluding that Amazon had improperly interfered in the election. Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022 Amazon workers previously overwhelmingly rejected a unionization effort at the warehouse last year, but the NLRB called for a revote after finding that Amazon improperly interfered in that election. Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022 When Erdogan rejected the Istanbul results and forced a revote, his party lost by an even larger margin. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 12 May 2023 The 14 presidents and chancellors reportedly heard updates from the conference’s medical task force Sunday, prompting a revote in the following days to see if the 11-3 in favor of postponing the season could change. Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of revote was in 1807

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“Revote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revote. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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