Plebiscite

n.

1.

A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French. - Fitzed. Hall.

Noun

1.

plebiscite - a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

Australian ballot, Hare system, aye, ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, constitutional referendum, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, direct initiative, division, enfranchisement, facultative referendum, fagot vote, franchise, graveyard vote, hand vote, indirect initiative, initiative, list system, mandate, mandatory referendum, nay, no, nontransferable vote, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential voting, proportional representation, proxy, recall, record vote, referendum, representation, right to vote, rising vote, say, secret ballot, show of hands, single vote, snap vote, statutory referendum, straw vote, suffrage, transferable vote, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting right, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

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