election process
How candidates win
Election process refers to the full sequence of steps by which voters choose candidates for office—from nomination and campaigning through voting and counting ballots.
The term often appears in discussions of electoral integrity: The election process was closely monitored by international observers.
It encompasses everything from voter registration to certification of results.
- recountsNarrates or re-tallies
- absentee votingElectoral participation without presence
- early votingBalloting before election day
- casting votesFormally selecting candidates
- candidate nominationFormally proposing someone for office
paper ballots · ballot box · mail-in ballot · hanging chads · voter registration · polling place · runoff elections · proportional representation · proxy voting · vote tabulation · first-past-the-post · campaign strategy · ranked-choice voting · democracy · disenfranchisement · voter suppression · vote · secret ballot
- processesmanufacturing, dissolving, fermentation, subprocess, dilution
- presidential powersexecutive order, executive power, executive orders, vetoes, pardon
election processappointment
Scheduled time for something
inheritance · hereditary succession · royal succession · coronation · anointment
election processdivine right
God-granted ruling authority
dynastic succession · hereditary rule · birthright · conquest · dictatorship
election processsham election
rubber stamp · rigged election · one-party system · acclamation · backroom deal