"To take a vote" refers to the process of asking a group of people to make a decision or choose an option by casting their votes. It is commonly used to determine the majority opinion or make a collective choice among a group of individuals.
A blockchain community consists of more than solely developers, miners, and node operators, so taking a vote from just one of the groups isn't perfect. (captainaltcoin.com)
This will be the case as for every party taking the votes away from the party likely to enter # 10 delivers the result to the opposition. (leftfutures.org)