casting vote
It is the independent voters who usually cast the deciding votes in elections here.
As the Supreme Court is almost evenly split between conservatives and liberals, she could provide the deciding vote.
In the case of a tie, the governor will cast the deciding vote.
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absentee ballot
absentee vote
absentee voter
absentee voting
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proxy vote
proxy voter
proxy voting
psephologist
voting
voting booth
voting machine
voting slip
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