nonvoting
Not casting ballots
Nonvoting describes members or shares that lack voting rights.
A nonvoting board member may attend meetings and participate in discussions but cannot cast votes on decisions.
Nonvoting stock entitles holders to dividends but not to votes at shareholder meetings.
The term also describes people who choose not to vote: the nonvoting public.
Refusal to be involved
- bystanderOne who observes nearby
- spectatorObserver at an event
- sitting outDeclining to participate
- opting outChoosing not to participate
withholding · declining · refraining · neutrality · silent · passive · disengaged · uninvolved
Entrust authority to another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- observerOne who perceives events
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- ex officioAutomatic from another position
stakeholder · shareholder · member · trustee · commissioner · appointee · seat · quorum
Right to cast ballots
- ineligibleNot meeting requirements
- restrictedLimited in scope
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- barredBlocked from entry
disqualified · underage · felon · noncitizen · resident alien · immigrant · minor · marginalized
nonparticipation
Refusal to be involved
- bystanderOne who observes nearby
- spectatorObserver at an event
- sitting outDeclining to participate
opting out · withholding · declining · refraining · neutrality · silent · passive · disengaged · uninvolved · sidelined
delegate
Entrust authority to another
ex officio · stakeholder · shareholder · member · trustee · commissioner · appointee · seat · quorum · abstention
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- ineligibleNot meeting requirements
- restrictedLimited in scope
- excludedShut out, denied entry
barred · disqualified · underage · felon · noncitizen · resident alien · immigrant · minor · marginalized · voiceless
- political apathypolitical apathy, low turnout, abstention, disengagement, indifference
- nonparticipationnonparticipation, noninvolvement, noninterference, nonintervention, abstention
nonvotingenfranchised
Granted political participation rights
voting · franchised · voting member · full member · decision-making
nonvotingvoting
Formally registering a choice
voting member · full member · decision-making · deliberative
vote, voting, voter, devotee, voters, devoting, enfranchise, nonvoter, nonvoters