選せん挙きょ人にん

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Meanings

1

General term for a person who votes in an election. Used in both domestic and international contexts.

いっ

票ぴょう

を

投とう

じる

。

Voters cast their ballots at the polling station.

多おおくの選せん挙きょ人にんが政せい策さくの変へん化かを求もとめている。

Many constituents are demanding a change in policy.

2

presidential elector (US); member of the Electoral College

Specifically refers to a member of the U.S. Electoral College who formally elects the president and vice president.

〈人ひと〉が選せん挙きょ人にんとして登とう録ろくされるto be registered as a voter/elector
18歳さいになると、選せん挙きょ人にんとして登とう録ろくされる。
Once you turn 18, you are registered as an elector.
選せん挙きょ人にん団だんが〈人ひと〉を選せん出しゅつするthe Electoral College elects someone
選せん挙きょ人にん団だんが大だい統とう領りょうを選せん出しゅつする。
The Electoral College elects the president.

有ゆう権けん者しゃN1sense 1
有権者 refers broadly to anyone legally entitled to vote, while 選挙人 more narrowly denotes a person who actually casts a vote or, in the U.S. context, a member of the Electoral College.
投とう票ひょう者しゃ sense 1
投票者 is the everyday word for someone who casts a ballot, whereas 選挙人 is a more formal or legal term used in official or political contexts.

被ひ選せん挙きょ人にん sense 1
選挙人 is the person who casts the vote, while 被選挙人 is the person who is eligible to be elected.

Compound of 選挙 (せんきょ, 'election') and 人 (にん, 'person'). The meaning follows directly from its components.

選せん挙きょ人にん登とう録ろく

voter registration