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Give everyone a share of the vote (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allot

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'give' is the definition.
(allotting is a kind of giving)

'everyone a share of the vote' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'a share of the vote' becomes 'ot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'all'+'ot'='ALLOT'

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(Other definitions for allot that I've seen before include "Apportion, share" , "Dish out" , "Assign (to someone)" , "Hand out" , "Dispense or distribute" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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