In the old days, it took a long time to count the votes from the November elections.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

What we have right now is low voter turnout, but the votes count

我们现在的问题是参与投票的人数较少，但每一张选票都是有意义的。

对于义务投票制 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Many of them carried guns. They forced election officials to count their illegal votes.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Most Americans do not pay sufficient attention to the fact that our votes count more in the regional primaries beginning in January than in the November general election.

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His biography on his own website goes on to boast of the lead he has taken in sensible but dull organisations such as the European Movement and the electoral reform group Make Votes Count.

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Votes should count the same across the land.

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