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 The need to use reserves for the first time in many years comes despite a series of emergency actions city officials have taken since voters rejected a sales tax increase in November that was expected to have generated $400 million a year. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025 Just last November, voters in Kentucky, Nebraska, and Colorado all rejected voucher schemes. Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 Maryland is facing a growing housing crisis, one of the top concerns among voters in recent years. Adriana S. Miranda-Pratts, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2025 On April 28, Canadian voters elected Mark Carney as prime minister in a race defined by anger at Trump. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for voter
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elector
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  • Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening local time after white smoke had billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • Here is a regional breakdown of the full 135 cardinal electors, according to Vatican statistics and following the Vatican's geographic grouping.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025

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“Voter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voter. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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