Abstention
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Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot.
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See also
- Abstentionism
- Apolitical
- Criticisms of electoralism
- Direct democracy
- Election boycott
- Elections
- Electoral fraud
- Electronic voting
- Liberal democracy
- Lobbying in the United States
- Non-politics
- None of the above
- None of These Candidates
- Parliamentary procedure
- Political alienation
- Power elite
- Protest vote
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