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vote into

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vote someone into something

 and vote someone in

to elect someone to office or to membership in a group. The other party finally voted a candidate into office. The people voted in the new officers.

See also: vote

vote into

v.

1. To select someone or something by vote for some office or for membership; elect someone or something to something: You must meet certain requirements in order to be voted into the club. We voted her into office by a landslide majority.

2. To ratify or reject some legislation, so as to bring it into some state of existence: Californians must decide whether to vote these propositions into law.

See also: vote