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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@ScottOnCapeCod I know, I had the date wrong originally. The election in MA is on 1/19/10 correct? @ScottBrownMA ...
hipEchik (Teri Peters) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:25:56 -0000
@ScottOnCapeCod I know, I had the date wrong originally. The election in MA is on 1/19/10 correct? @ScottBrownMA ...
Election season kicked off Tuesday with mailing of military ballots http://bit.ly/5FLLvF
DailyRegister (DailyRegister) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:24:24 -0000
Election season kicked off Tuesday with mailing of military ballots http://bit.ly/5FLLvF
@DMRegister #harken #boswell support HCbill EXEMPTS congress staff,states $100M hosp 4 #goldman sachs #Culver allows exp from election funds
tommy4usa (tommy4usa) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:23:48 -0000
@DMRegister #harken #boswell support HCbill EXEMPTS congress staff,states $100M hosp 4 #goldman sachs #Culver allows exp from election funds
AIESECers!!! Limkokwing General Election (EGM) is taking place soon. It will be on Monday, 28th December 2009 from... http://bit.ly/4DarXB
mcmalaysia (MC Malaysia) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:23:07 -0000
AIESECers!!! Limkokwing General Election (EGM) is taking place soon. It will be on Monday, 28th December 2009 from... http://bit.ly/4DarXB
NEWS: Avalon Announces Nomination of Mr. Hari Panday for Election to Its Board of Directors at 2010 AGM: December 2... http://bit.ly/4YFKKH
StewCowans (Stew Cowans) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:22:31 -0000
NEWS: Avalon Announces Nomination of Mr. Hari Panday for Election to Its Board of Directors at 2010 AGM: December 2... http://bit.ly/4YFKKH
New Thousand rupee note with candidate Rajapaksas photo violates election law says former Chief Justice Sarath Silva
SouthAsiaSpeaks (SouthAsian Democrats) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:21:21 -0000
New Thousand rupee note with candidate Rajapaksas photo violates election law says former Chief Justice Sarath Silva

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