the vote

noun

: the legal right to vote
In 1920, American women won the vote.

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But the vote provoked a firestorm from progressive groups and rank-and-file Democrats, who accused him of capitulating without winning concessions. Nik Popli, Time, 19 Sep. 2025 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, had spent much of Thursday debating the rationale for giving newborns the hepatitis B vaccine at birth — but then the committee pushed off the vote until Friday. Will Stone, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025 Four Republicans also skipped the vote. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025 Ahead of the vote, the American Medical Association strongly urged the panel to keep the birth dose recommendation in place. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the vote

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