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*Date: [htttp://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : an [[act]] or [[process]] of electing <the election of a new governor>
:b : the [[fact]] of being elected <her election to the Senate>
*2 : [[predestination]] to [[eternal]] life
*3 : the right, [[power]], or [[privilege]] of making a [[choice]]
==Description==
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 [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature legislature], sometimes in the [[executive]] and [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary 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]], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens ancient Athens]. Elections were considered an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy oligarchic] [[institution]] and most [[political]] offices were filled using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition sortition], also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform 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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psephology 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]]", and so sometimes other [[forms]] of ballot such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum referendum] are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election]
[[Category: Political Science]]
*Date: [htttp://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : an [[act]] or [[process]] of electing <the election of a new governor>
:b : the [[fact]] of being elected <her election to the Senate>
*2 : [[predestination]] to [[eternal]] life
*3 : the right, [[power]], or [[privilege]] of making a [[choice]]
==Description==
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 [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature legislature], sometimes in the [[executive]] and [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary 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]], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens ancient Athens]. Elections were considered an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy oligarchic] [[institution]] and most [[political]] offices were filled using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition sortition], also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform 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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psephology 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]]", and so sometimes other [[forms]] of ballot such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum referendum] are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election]
[[Category: Political Science]]
