federal election
Countrywide ballot casting
A federal election is a vote to choose representatives for a national government, as distinguished from state, provincial, or local elections.
In the United States, federal elections include races for president, Senate, and House of Representatives: Voter turnout tends to be higher in federal elections than in midterms.
The term appears frequently in campaign finance law and election administration.
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- ballotVoting document
- mail-in ballotVote submitted through post
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- polling stationElection day venue
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- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- Canadian GovernmentHouse of Commons, Senate, Prime Minister, parliamentary democracy, Bank of Canada
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Vote for nearby officials
municipal election · state election · provincial election · mayoral election
federal electionmilitary coup
Armed seizure of government
coup d'état · hereditary succession · royal succession · appointment · dictatorship
federal electionappointment
Scheduled time for something
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