[f. VOTE v. + -ATION.] The action of voting in an election or at a meeting.

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1816–30.  Bentham, Offic. Apt. Maximized, Extr. Const. Code, 28. Modes of votation, two: the secret mode; then, before the result of the secret mode has been disclosed or ascertained, the open mode.

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1848.  Times, 15 Jan., 4/6. A nominal votation was demanded—that is, that each member should stand up in his place and give his vote, yes or no, at the same time calling out his name.

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1877.  T. A. Trollope, Life Pius IX., II. IV. i. 113. The result of the votation of the population of Umbria.

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