as in votes
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women's suffrage
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Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich didn’t attain the necessary 75% of votes.
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Notably, Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement earned the most votes in the AL with 3,232,932 and an automatic starting spot just over three years after the A’s released the 30-year-old infielder.
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Despite questions raised about the pace of the vote count, a Times analysis found ballots this June were tallied faster than in previous cycles.
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Counts from non-provisional ballots cast in-person during early voting and on election day and from jurisdictions’ first mail-in canvasses are complete.
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“Suffrages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrages. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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