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An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. This is the usual mechanism by which modern democracy fills offices in the legislature, and sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and in regional and local government. This is also typically the case in a wide range of other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.
The universal acceptance of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in sharp contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where elections were considered an oligarchic institution and where most political offices were filled using sortition.
Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair and democratic 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).
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Tea Party radicals gear up for 2010 elections http://bit.ly/58j5HP
butterkee (Billy McKee) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:17:33 -0000
Tea Party radicals gear up for 2010 elections http://bit.ly/58j5HP
Post: "Polls open in Chilean elections" http://tinyurl.com/ybwnya4
BRNews0verviews (Brazil News) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:16:36 -0000
Post: "Polls open in Chilean elections" http://tinyurl.com/ybwnya4
RT @foxandfriends: sarah palin gives another interview. see what she says about 2010 elections! gretchen
2008cmh (Dan Roseler) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:15:43 -0000
RT @foxandfriends: sarah palin gives another interview. see what she says about 2010 elections! gretchen
Abkhazia president wins second term: Russia hails "fair" elections while challengers complain of irregularities. http://tinyurl.com/ye3tyt5
AJEnglish (Al Jazeera English) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:15:09 -0000
Abkhazia president wins second term: Russia hails "fair" elections while challengers complain of irregularities. http://tinyurl.com/ye3tyt5
[from ewan.mcintosh] Tweetminster search: Sentiment detection on the elections, issues, MPs http://url4.eu/vJHZ
anderscj2 (Edtech Feeds) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:13:27 -0000
[from ewan.mcintosh] Tweetminster search: Sentiment detection on the elections, issues, MPs http://url4.eu/vJHZ
Lalit Modi to lose IPL Commissionerâs job: MUMBAI - A week after losing the elections of the Rajasthan Cr.. http://bit.ly/6GV0TV
cricket_score (cricket_score) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:12:06 -0000
Lalit Modi to lose IPL Commissioner’s job: MUMBAI - A week after losing the elections of the Rajasthan Cr.. http://bit.ly/6GV0TV
GODORT - Elections and Voting - Extensive directory of links to US election and voting sites.
infoplease - U.S. Elections - General election background material plus election results and statistics.
SOSIG - US Elections - Directory of web resources from the British Library of Political and Economic Science.
The Green Papers - Facts, figures, and tidbits about caucuses, primaries, delegate selection, state conventions, party conventions, and the candidates.
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