non-voting
Lacking electoral power
Non-voting describes someone or something that does not have the right to vote or chooses not to exercise it.
A non-voting member of a board may participate in discussions but cannot cast a ballot on decisions.
Non-voting shares in a company carry no say in corporate governance.
Puerto Rico has a non-voting representative in Congress.
Formal refusal to vote
- indifferenceLack of interest
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
- nonparticipationRefusal to be involved
- passivityState of non-resistance
turnout · disinterest · detachment · alienation · cynicism · distrust · resignation · complacency
Failure to meet criteria
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- underageBelow legal minimum years
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- incarceratedConfined in prison
revocation · banned · alien · resident · expatriate · stateless · deportee · parolee
Pushed to society's edges
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- voicelessHaving no voice
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
- minoritiesSmaller portions of populations
immigrant · refugee · indigenous · youth · elderly · homeless · disabled · institutionalized
One who perceives events
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- honoraryGiven as distinction
- associateConnect mentally or socially
advisory · emeritus · alternate · junior · guest · stakeholder · appointee · liaison
Formal recording of participation
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- polling placeDesignated voting location
- hoursSixty-minute spans
accessibility · language barrier · transportation · work schedule · childcare · mobility · mail-in · provisional ballot
abstention
Formal refusal to vote
- indifferenceLack of interest
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
- nonparticipationRefusal to be involved
passivity · turnout · disinterest · detachment · alienation · cynicism · distrust · resignation · complacency · unresponsiveness
ineligibility
Failure to meet criteria
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- underageBelow legal minimum years
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
incarcerated · revocation · banned · alien · resident · expatriate · stateless · deportee · parolee · probationer
marginalized
Pushed to society's edges
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- voicelessHaving no voice
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
minorities · immigrant · refugee · indigenous · youth · elderly · homeless · disabled · institutionalized · overseas
observer
One who perceives events
associate · advisory · emeritus · alternate · junior · guest · stakeholder · appointee · liaison
registration
Formal recording of participation
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- polling placeDesignated voting location
hours · accessibility · language barrier · transportation · work schedule · childcare · mobility · mail-in · provisional ballot · purging
- political apathypolitical apathy, nonvoting, low turnout, abstention, disengagement
non-votingvoting
Formally registering a choice
enfranchised · franchised · eligible · registered · empowered
non, voting, vote, votes, voted, voter, voters, votive, votary