They said the constitutional convention had only given them the right to vote for limited slavery or unlimited slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

I think we all vote and amend and have activism of our values, religious or not.

我们每个人都有投票权，希望实现,我们自己的价值观，不管这是否牵扯到宗教。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Or, if this is a primary election, a larger share of the vote gives you a bigger push for the next primary or whatever.

或者把它看成是总统大选的初选,获得更多的票数,对你下一轮的选举起到积极作用

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

In California, the State Board of Education plans to vote on August second to accept or reject a new set of standards.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

In 1875 there's an amendment to the Constitution that essentially- voted by one vote,or approved by one vote, by the Assembly--that essentially transforms France into a Republic.

875年有个宪法修正案,本质上--,它在一次议会投票表决中,得到了支持--本质上把法国变成了共和国

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic would not cheat or betray the vote of the people.

VOA: special.2009.06.20

Some of you-- some of the population of the United States are not going to vote for somebody because he or she is black but they won't tell you but they know it to be true.

你们有些人…,美国当中有些人,不会投某些人一票,因为她或他是黑人，但他们不会说出来,但他们很清楚这是他们的真实想法。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They could vote for the constitution with slavery or the constitution without slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Again, the elite in Britain were scared, because you've got all these Ranter groups and Levelers and people who believe that everybody ought to have the right to vote, whether they have property or not and people that believe in the right of women.

英国的精英们被吓得要死,英国当时有各种喧骚派团体,平均主义者以及民众,他们相信每个人都应该享有投票的权力,不论贫富,还有人认为妇女也应有投票权

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The opposition Democratic Alliance won 67 parliamentary seats, polling 16 percent of the vote or four points more than in the last elections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

You could vote for, as it was in that time, Gore, Bush, Nader, or not voting and I'll leave it to you to decide which of those is equivalent to not voting.

当时你可以这样投票,你可以投给戈尔,布什,纳德,或者投弃权票,我留给你们自己去考虑,投给谁等于弃权

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But the deal is extremely controversial in South Korea, and the vote was not the first time the debate has gotten emotional or physical.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

After the measure passed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S.does not believe the full House of Representatives will or should vote on the resolution.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The outcome of the vote could still be a couple of months away, if fraud allegations are not quickly resolved or a second round of balloting is called.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The Senate Finance Committee is due to vote next Tuesday on a health care reform bill that would require all Americans to get health insurance or face penalties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Burma's military is yet to announce when the exact date for the elections although analysts expect the vote, the first in 20 years, to be around October or November this year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

The Obama administration opposed the resolution. After the measure passed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration does not believe the full House of Representatives will or should vote on the resolution.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Sitting next to Mr.Meles at the signing ceremony were three top members of the old Coalition for Unity and Democracy,or CUD which mounted a powerful challenge to Mr.Meles party in the 2005 parliamentary vote.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"The right to vote should be restored carefully on a case by case basis after the person has shown that he or she has taken a new direction in his or her life."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

This television commercial made by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe aims to discourage "family voting" in which women are pressured by husbands or others on how to vote on a certain candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

One Senate committee has done so. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus announced plans Wednesday to begin moving another version toward a vote in that panel, saying he will go forward with or without Republican support.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

A key question is whether either chamber of Congress will employ what is called the "reconciliation process" aimed at overcoming filibusters,or blocks, in the Senate on contentious measures where a 60-vote majority is usually required to pass major legislation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Since all 40 Republicans were on record as opposing the bill, the Democrats did not have a single vote to spare, needing every Democrat and Independent who normally votes with Democrats to cast their votes for it, or else have the vote dead before it ever reached the floor.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

Here is House minority leader John Boehner. "I know the president is doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line, but this vote is not about saving a presidency or saving a politician, this is about doing the right thing for the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Or are we going to make this vote a victory for the American people?" The legislation the House will vote on is estimated to cost But because of savings in some areas, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says it could reduce the size of the federal deficit by $138 billion, something the president is hoping will attracting support from wavering Democrats.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19