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[voht] / voʊt /




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Shareholders in Monte dei Paschi are scheduled to vote on the BPM and Banca Generali bids later this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Intesa warned it would pull its offer if Monte dei Paschi shareholders vote to back rival deals for Banco BPM and Banca Generali.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Indigenous chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire, 45, of the Bau village in the Amazon, told AFP ahead of the vote: "We stand with Lula, all of us."

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“It is not the less true, however, that I do sincerely wish to be second on the vote rather than first.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He also won 71.59% of the valid votes in Japan.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mr. Fain won election in 2023 by fewer than 500 votes on a promise of reform, but his tenure has been marred by allegations of misconduct and financial mismanagement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Of course, there’s still an election to be held, votes to be cast and ballots to be counted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

But this year may also illuminate broader forces that continue to resonate long after votes are counted.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

On the next ballot, other states shifted to Garfield, giving him a few dozen votes.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Sylvia Sigler, 66, a school cafeteria worker who attended Trump’s Oklahoma rally Thursday, said she normally votes in local elections but has not voted in a federal election since 2016.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bellingham, recently voted England's player of the year for the second year in a row, is now "nailed on as the 10" for the future, former England defender Matt Upson told BBC Radio 5 Live.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Whoever she voted for, whatever their party affiliation, she felt it would not make a difference, Brooks recalled.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Fans voted Hard Launch with Dan & Phil, hosted by the YouTube veterans, as the winner of the Listeners' Choice award.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

There are people across the country who not only championed those policies but also cited them as the reason they voted for him.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Americans voting in the November 3 midterm elections will decide who controls Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency, along with dozens of governorships and thousands of state offices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The TSE has not set a fixed time for the release of the official results, but they are expected within hours because voting is electronic and in previous elections results have tended to come quickly.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

L.A. voting rights groups rally to recruit poll watchers, launch protection programs, and counter potential election disruption in the November vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

She’s up against similar issues now, after a federal judge ruled against restoring early voting sites on several college campuses in her state earlier this year.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

They were followed by a wagon carrying twenty thousand suffrage leaflets, which they shared with interested people along the way, taking every chance to discuss the issue of voting rights for women.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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