election : Idioms & Phrases
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by-election
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noun a special election between regular elections
by-election.
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By"-e*lec"tion noun
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An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
Webster 1913
bye-election
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noun a special election between regular elections
by-election.
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election commission
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noun a commission delegated to supervise an election
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election day
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noun the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
polling day.
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election district
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noun one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
voting precinct.
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election fraud
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noun misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election
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general election
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noun a national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies
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primary election
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noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
primary.
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right of election
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noun in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute
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To contest an election
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(Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected.(b) To dispute the declared result of an election.
Webster 1913
To make one's election
- to choose.
Webster 1913
writ of election
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noun a writ ordering the holding of an election