voter

as in elector
a person who votes or who has the legal right to vote minority voters Less than 10 percent of (the) voters favor the measure.

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Recent Examples of voter Gerrymandering Texas and California aren’t the only states where lawmakers are trying to manipulate congressional maps in a way that will favor their party and disenfranchise voters. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Both Suarez and Pardo have argued that switching to even years will boost Miami’s typically paltry voter turnout while significantly reducing election costs, since municipal races would be included on the general election ballot, rather than the city needing to host its own election each time. Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 In the coming weeks, Texas’s Democratic lawmakers will flee the state in an attempt to stop its GOP legislature from drawing a map that disenfranchises their voters and leaves Crockett’s House colleagues in danger of losing their seats in 2026. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025 Does the name mean anything to voters under 40? Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voter
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elector
Noun
  • And Kenneth Chesebro, the author of legal memos supporting the alternate electors plan, surrendered his New York license as part of a plea agreement in the same Georgia case.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Recall organizers turned in more than 400 signatures, but 110 of that total were found not to be qualified electors or disqualified for another reason, according to a June 24 recall petition certification.
    Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025

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“Voter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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