Public vote (8)
I believe the answer is:
election
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">public vote</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for election that I've seen before include "Selection by vote" , "Competition by ballot" , "Time to vote" , "Voting opportunity" , "Vote to choose representatives" .)