revote

noun

re·vote ˈrē-ˌvōt

variants or re-vote

plural revotes or re-votes

: the act or process of voting again

The board ordered/held/scheduled a revote.

A coalition of human rights groups called for a revote, saying there were thousands of complaints of violations at the polls …—

Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh

He won the revote.

The Senate voted on the tax bill Tuesday night before it went back to the House for a revote …—

John Siciliano and Josh Siegel

revote

(ˌ)rē-ˈvōt

verb, transitive + intransitive

or re-vote

revoted or re-voted; revoting or re-voting

After some tweaking, the Senate was expected to approve the bill overnight Tuesday. The House would then need to re-vote on Wednesday. —

Dan Freedman

The city will revote on the zoning request in December. —

William Hughes

… it still took us more than three hours of debate, discussion, voting and revoting to arrive at a consensus. —

Keven Ann Willey

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Then on a revote, everyone can take Rome out with ease. —

Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024 That way, Gabe would be safe from pulling rocks on a tied revote. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024 Coinciding with many district budgets up for a revote, the Vermont Senate rejected Gov. Phil Scott’s choice for education secretary – Zoie Saunders, whose career includes time as a charter school executive and public school administrator in Florida. —

Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024 After a revote ended in a tie in 2022, the name changes stood. —

Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for revote