Charged with vote for right in charge (8)
I believe the answer is:
electric
'charged' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'with vote for right in charge' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'vote for' becomes 'elect' (I've seen this before).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'in charge' becomes 'ic'.
'elect' put next to 'r' is 'electr'.
'electr'+'ic'='ELECTRIC'
(Other definitions for electric that I've seen before include "type of chair nobody wants to end up in?" , "Relating to a form of energy 98)" , "Full of expectation" , "Tense" , "Relic etc charged with current" .)