Äänestää ^{(Verb type1)}

1. (transitive, + partitive) to vote (for)

   Äänestän puoluetta, joka ajaa minun asiaani.

   I vote for the party that supports my cause.

   Äänestän tyhjää, koska minulla ei ole mielipidettä (tästä asiasta).

   I abstain from this vote, as I have no particular preference (on this matter).

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".