No. It signifies no vote.
That is the correct spelling of "abstention" (withholding an action, as with a vote).
Is it a yes, or no vote?
declining to vote for or against a proposal
yes
To abstain is to voluntarily not do something, to desist or go without. The opposite would be to carry out that action, to act. Abstention is often applied to someone not casting a vote, in this case it would be to vote.
A non-voter or abstainer is someone who chooses not to vote in a particular election.
By getting a greater number of "yes" votes from the General Assembly than "no" or "abstention" (no vote)s.
The popular vote was 48.4 percent for Al Gore and 47.9 percent for George W. Bush. The Electoral Vote was 271 for Bush and 266 for Gore with One vote in abstention.
Operation Abstention happened on 1941-02-28.
When someone who is entitled to vote does not vote, that person is said to abstain from voting. A conflict of interest may be the reason for the abstention, but I'm not aware of a special word that applies to the act of abstaining for that particular reason.
Return to abstention.
The Abstention.