conscience vote

English

Noun

conscience vote (plural conscience votes)

1. (politics) A type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.

Synonyms

• free vote

Antonyms

• whipped vote

Hypernyms

• vote

Translations

vote in a legislative body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 良心投票 (liángxīn tóupiào), 自由投票 (zìyóu tóupiào)

• Finnish: omantunnon äänestys
• French: vote de confiance m
• Russian: «го́лос со́вести» m («gólos sóvesti»)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• conscience vote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia