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voting

 
 
/ˈvəʊtɪŋ/ noun [U] GOVERNMENT, MEETINGS

Definition

the activity of choosing someone or something in a vote: The voting was by secret ballot. So many of the EU's decisions are now made by majority voting. Advocating tactical voting is nothing more than asking people to use their votes as sensibly as they can.
(Definition of voting noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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