0 a large number of votes that are made in the same way by one person who represents a large group of people --
1 a system of voting in which one person represents a group of people, for example the members of a trade union, and votes for them: --
It is not much of a block vote having 1.5 votes instead of only one.
Their feeble new industrial policies have about as much impact as one man against a block vote at their annual conference.
We do not have the block vote, so we are not affected by this.
In particular, the initial block vote of 80 amendments contained positive modifications looking to promote women's participation in the labour market and promoting work-life balance.
Is there not a compelling case for this reform as a minimum, if only to end the iniquity of the block vote?
He spoke of the hypocrisy of the block vote as a means of co-called democracy.
The statement including that objective was approved by the curious mechanism of the block vote by a majority of 5,883,000 to 122,000.
Few people hear the arguments and then the block vote is trooped in—or bussed in—and that is that.