electoral law
Rules governing elections
Electoral law is the body of rules governing elections—who can vote, who can run for office, how votes are counted, and how campaigns are financed.
It encompasses voter registration requirements, ballot design, redistricting procedures, and the resolution of disputed results.
Electoral law varies significantly between jurisdictions: The case challenged the state's electoral law on voter ID.
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- political donationsMoney given supporting candidates
- absentee votingElectoral participation without presence
mail-in voting · dark money · electoral threshold · ranked-choice voting · voter ID laws · super PACs · provisional ballots · electoral districts · electoral commission · vote counting · counting the votes · booth · proportional representation · party list · first-past-the-post · voting · write-in candidate · polling
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