Related Clues:

• Poll
• ''Idol'' watchers might cast one
• Drop paper in a box, maybe
• Do a civic duty
• What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer)
• Exercise a 19th Amendment right
• Participate on Election Day
• Put a fool on the Hill?
• Cast one's ballot
• Turn out on Election Day
• Congressional action
• One way to choose
• Election Day verb
• It's cast in a booth
• Say "aye," say