electoral process
How votes count
The electoral process is the system by which voters choose representatives or decide issues through elections.
It encompasses everything from voter registration and candidate nomination to campaigning, casting ballots, and counting votes.
The electoral process in that country has been marred by allegations of fraud.
Different nations have vastly different electoral processes, shaped by history, law, and political culture.
- secret ballotConfidential electoral choice
- recountsNarrates or re-tallies
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- provisional ballotsVotes held until verified
- voter educationTeaching about electoral processes
get out the vote · early voting · mail-in voting · candidate nomination · hanging chads · ranked-choice voting · vote counting · gerrymandering · dispute resolution · franchise · paper ballots · suffrage · polling booths · political campaigns · ballot · absentee · proportional representation · booth
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- constitutionsbill of rights, constitutional amendment, constitutional reform, clause, clauses
- recall electionsrecall petition, recall vote, recall campaign, removal from office, ouster
- Suffrageright to vote, suffragette, suffrage movement, suffragettes, votes for women
electoral processappointment
Scheduled time for something
hereditary succession · inheritance · coronation · military coup · coup d'état
electoral processdivine right
God-granted ruling authority
birthright · dictatorship · autocracy · absolute monarchy · totalitarianism
electoral processdisenfranchisement
Removal of voting rights
voter suppression · autocratic rule · subjugation · serfdom · colonial rule