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An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens. Elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results). To elect means "to choose or make a decision" (For example, in contract law, if one party breaches the agreement, the other party may "elect" whether to continue or repudiate the contract), and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as the referendum are referred to as elections, especially in the United States. This article is part of the Politics series Elections
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GNU Free Documentation License How to change and improve democratic national elections in different countries around the world? Q. Do you guys think that there are any problems in democratic elections internationally? If so, what solutions would you suggest to improve that particular problem? Asked by OhWell - Sun Nov 1 08:13:26 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Their will always be a little bite of cheating no mater what you do.* Answered by molkey - Sun Nov 1 11:42:30 2009 What are the pressing issues for the coming Indian elections? Q. Hi Friends, Just thought of checking with you that in today's recenssion time what are the pressing issues that would drive or influence the outcome of the forthcoming general elections? I list a few here: 1. Unemloyment 2. Security (terrorism) 3. Religion. 4. Infrastructure 5. Education Would like to know your opinion in this regards. There would be many regional issues pertaining to different regions, but let us foucs on the national issues at the moment. Asked by Sunil K A - Fri Mar 20 06:10:05 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Major issues are 1. Terrorism: UPA has definitely failed 2. Economic Crisis: Obviously it is linked to infrastructure and Unemployment Answered by Tim - Fri Mar 20 10:56:36 2009 How did elections actually work in East Germany?
Q. I know that there were a range of parties (from the SED to the Christian Democrats) that were in the National Front of Germany. So were the elections fixed or was there some change in the number of seats for each party? Asked by Gfal - Thu May 1 08:40:40 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Everyone voted who they thought would be the most glorious and in the end the most glorious won. FDJ fur alles! Answered by A-E D - Fri May 2 12:30:35 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Elections"
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