(1) vote in/into power意为“选举……执政上台”，in为副词。

• The President has been voted in for the third time running.
  这位总统连续第三次当选执政。
• Labor was voted in/into power for a second term of office, though with a greatly reduced number of seats.
  虽然其席位大大减少了，但工党又一次被选举上台继续执政。

 (2) vote on/upon指“就……投票表决”，on与upon均为介词。put to the vote和take a vote on意思与此相近。

• Now I propose to vote on/upon the plan since we can't agree on it.
  既然无法达成一致协议，我建议还是投票表决这项计划吧。
• Have all the matters before us now been voted on ?
  摆在我们面前的所有问题都已被投票表决了吗？
• Since we can't agree on the matter, I propose to take a vote on it/I put it to the vote.
  既然我们无法就这问题达成一致，我建议我们通过投票来表决。

 (3) ①vote onto意为“选进(某一委员会等)”，多用被动语态。

• An accountant and an architect were voted onto the committee in the hope that they would contribute their expert knowledge at the planning stage.
  一位会计和一位建筑师被选进委员会，以期他们在计划阶段能贡献出他们的专业知识。

②有时也用vote on，这时on为副词。

• He has more experience of fund-raising than anyone, so we'll vote him on for a start.
  他比其他任何人都有更多的筹措资金的经验，因此我们将首先把他选进来。

 (4) elect (as)意为“选某人为……”，as也可不用。

• Only someone born in the U.S. can be elected (as) President.
  只有出生在美国的人才可被选举为总统。
• Dr. John Porter was elected as the 17th president of the Eastern Michigan University.
  约翰·波特博士被选举为东密歇根大学的第十七任校长。

 (5) elect to指“选某人到(某个职位或进某个机构)”。

• Clinton was elected to the Presidency for a second term of office.
  克林顿再次当选为总统，连续执政。
• They unanimously elected him to the Board of Directors.
  他们一致选举他进董事会。