An extra vote given by a chairperson to decide an issue when the votes on each side are equal.The second thing I want to talk about is the meeting issue and the casting vote....
His troubles within the organisation culminated in 1930, when he had to rely on his own vote and the casting vote of the national secretary to survive.
A casting vote of the Chairman decided the issue.
Origin
Early 17th century: from an obsolete sense of cast 'turn the scale'.