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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 does the British election system work? Q. What's this about the prime minister "calling an election?" Do you not have elections until the guy in office decides for another one? Is it just tradition that decides the term limit? Asked by Zarathustra's pinkie - Sun Jun 7 14:49:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The government get elected for a 5 year term, but they can call a general election any time they wish during their 5 year term. Answered by The Saltire - Sun Jun 7 14:58:12 2009 How does an Iranian election candidate get so few votes in his home area? Q. One candidate's number of votes was fewer than the number of campaign staff he had. Wouldn't a candidate be assured of the votes of certain people, like his mum and his campaign staff? Surely anyone who wants to rig an election could at least take the bother to make the numbers convincing? Asked by Old Cynic - Sun Jun 14 07:53:06 2009 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments A. They didn't even try to cover up this farcical election. The despot has done the same as Mugabe and unfortunately this could have very far reaching implications for the western world. It's time we found new sources of oil and let creatures like him and his revolting side kicks gets the same come- uppance as the 'rulers' of Dubai are receiving now their bubble has burst. Sand to sand, just like clogs to clogs in three generations. Answered by Helen S - Sun Jun 14 10:27:56 2009 How exactly does a United States presidential election work?
Q. How does a candidate win? Do they win based on the total number of votes for them? If so, how come Al Gore didn't win the 2000 election? He had a larger popular vote. What does it mean to carry more states? Asked by Special K - Sun Oct 12 23:43:12 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. It isn't necessarily the total number of votes that decides a presidential election...its the total number of electoral college votes that decides the winner. Each state gets a number of electoral votes equal to the number of senators and congressmen so the most heavily populated states who have more congressmen and senators get the most electoral college votes (ie: CA, NY, FL, IL, MI, OH, PA, etc). The electors (members of the electoral college, chosen at the state level) then pledge to vote for the candidate who win that state's popular vote. Winner takes all...there's no apportioning the electors (ie: 51-49 if the popular vote is 51%-49%). A candidate needs an absolute majority of 270 electoral votes to win the election. With that… [cont.] Answered by ajsnskool - Mon Oct 13 00:15:55 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Election" ElectionFrom Wikiquote Jump to: navigation, searchAn election is the democratic process whereby votes are collected in order to select a governing party. Sourced
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