Pascal Rabevolo · · Nantes, the ocean and the Pays de Retz 
Voting is a right, sometimes hard-won, but it is also a duty for every citizen. Many vocabulary words are associated with this field. It is best to know them to follow the news throughout the coming weeks.
To vote : To vote
To go to the poll : To go to the polls
A vote : A vote
Elector : Elector
Registered voter : Registered voters
To vote for… : To vote for…
To vote against … : To vote against…
To cast a blank vote: To cast a blank vote
To cast a null vote : To cast a null vote
To engage in tactical voting : To vote tactically
To vote by secret ballot : To vote by secret ballot
To elect : To elect
Undecided voter : Undecided voters
Voting age : Voting age
Right to vote : Right to vote
Election : Election
Election campaign : Election campaign
Electoral meeting : Electoral meeting
Campaign promises : Campaign promises
Opinion poll : Opinion poll
Candidate : Candidate
Constituency : Constituency
First ballot : First round
Second ballot : Second round
Polling turnout : Turnout
Referendum : Referendum
By-election : By-election
Results : Results
Different people engage in “canvassing”, meaning door-to-door campaigning, distributing documents (flyers, candidate programs) and trying to meet and talk with future voters. The goal is to try to “win votes” by persuading listeners that a candidate is the best. This practice was banned in Japan in 1925.
People with reduced mobility (disabled people) are often identified and taken to the polling station on election day.
A poster = A poster
A flyer/flier = A flyer
Ballot booths = Polling booths
A ballot box = A ballot box
There are many ways to cheat in elections. The most “constitutional” is the clever manipulation of “electoral redistricting”, grouping or separating voters based on their presumed future votes.
Other methods of fraud include intimidation, vote buying, misinformation, ballot stuffing, incorrect vote counting, destruction of ballots, or hacking of computers or electronic voting machines …
Vote fraud = electoral fraud
Vote buying = vote buying
Ballot box stuffing = ballot stuffing
Gerrymandering = electoral redistricting
Misinformation = misinformation
Miscounting ballots = incorrect vote counting
Hacking voting machines = hacking of voting machines