proxynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈprɒk.si/us/ˈprɑːk.si/authority given to a person to act for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or the person who this authority is given to:
a proxy vote
My brother's voting for me by proxy in the club elections.
Can I nominate someone as a proxy to sign for me?
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- nominate
- rigging
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- spoil
- stump
- vote of confidence
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