voter

One who expresses his choice of candidates or measures offered or proposed at an election by marking a ballot or indicating his choice by appropriate act upon a voting machine. One possessing the legal qualifications of an elector, so as to be entitled to vote. Re Denny, 150 Ind 104, 59 NE 359. See elector. votes cast at election. The number of voters voting. Gottstein v Lister, 88 Wash 462. 153 P 595. In the absence of a certification of the number of electors voting, the court must presume that the highest number of votes cast for candidates for any one office represents the number of electors voting. State ex rel. Howie v Brantley, 113 Miss 786, 74 So 662. In ascertaining whether a school bond issue has been approved by the requisite two-thirds of the qualified voters voting thereon, void ballots are not to be considered as voting thereon, even though in tabulating the result of the election the canvassing board has included them in its total of ballots cast. Anno: 4 ALR2d 612. As to whether the majority vote required for the adoption of a proposition or measure submitted at a general election is to be determined on the basis of the entire vote cast upon such proposition or measure or the total number of votes cast at the election, see 26 Am J2d Elect § 311. voting. See vote.