# VoteFilter **`class VoteFilter(config)`** Bases: [`Filter`](squirro.lib.nlp.steps.filters.Filter.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.filters.Filter) The vote [`Filter`](squirro.lib.nlp.steps.filters.Filter.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.filters.Filter) assigns a single value by majority vote from a list of values (e.g. `[["positive"],["negative"],["positive"]] -> ["positive"]`, `["positive", "negative", "negative"] -> ["negative"]`). It picks the first element of the list, in case of a tie. **Input** - all input fields need to be of type [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list) [[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)] or [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list) [ [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list) [[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)]]. **Output** - all output fields are filled with data of type [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list) [ [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str) ] (the [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list) contains only a single element). Parameters - `field` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)`, ``None`) – Field to vote - `fields` ([`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list)`, ``None`) – List of fields to vote - `input_fields` ([`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list)`, ``None`) – List of fields to vote from - `output_fields` ([`list`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#list)`, ``None`) – List of fields to vote to **Example** ```json { "step": "filter", "type": "vote", "fields": ["prediction"] } ``` Methods SummaryMethods Documentation **`process_doc(doc)`** Process a document Parameters `doc` ([`Document`](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document)) – Document Returns Processed document Return type [Document](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document)