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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>Let me assist with
some thinking from elsewhere:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>Oxford English
dictionary</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=953124207-24092009><STRONG>Abstention</STRONG> "not using ones'
vote"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=hw><STRONG><FONT size=3>abstention</FONT></STRONG></SPAN>
<DIV class=runseg><B>1</B>. the formal act of not voting </DIV>
<DIV class=ds-list><A
href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/misc/HarperCollinsProducts.aspx?English"><FONT
color=#000000>Collins Essential English Dictionary</FONT></A> 2nd Edition 2006 ©
HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006</DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>Wikipedia (take it
or leave it)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>"<FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Abstentions do not count in tallying the vote negatively
or positively; when members abstain, they are in effect only attending the
meeting to aid in constituting a quorum, which in turn means that those who
abstain still effect the general number of people in quorum".
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