Definition of election

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Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..

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Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..
Doctor :: Doctor (v. t.) To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky..
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district..
Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election..
Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right..
Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..
Freeman :: Freeman (n.) A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman..
Return :: Return (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers..
Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious..
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..
Scrutineer :: Scrutineer (n.) A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election..
Elector :: Elector (n.) One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office..
Semibull :: Semibull (n.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Selection :: Selection (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books..
Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
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