equivote

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noun

A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.

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Meanings

nounequivote (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralobsoleterareA hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.

    […] and in case of an equivote, the question shall determine on that side, on which the presiding member shall have voted.

    1885, Leonard Woods, History of the Andover Theological Seminary, page 264

Origin

From equi- + vote.

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Chicago

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