Elective - Law Dictionary Search Results

Absolute majority

Absolute majority, means a majority of all those who are entitled to vote in a particular election, whether or not they actually cast ballots, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 966.

Option

The power of choosing the right of choice or election an alternative

Preferential voting

of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together in nominated or elected

Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries preferential primaries for presidential nominations direct election of United States senators womens suffrage and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases In 1924 the label

Prox

ldquoThe ticket or list of candidates at elections presented to the people for their votesrdquo

VerbarReichstag

or House of Representatives of the German empire and of the Weimar Republic which was composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people This term is no longer

VerbarResidencia

In Spanish countries a court or trial held sometimes as long as six months by a newly elected official as the governor of a province to examine into the conduct of a predecessor

VerbarScrutin de liste

containing a list of them the method used in France as from June 1885 to Feb 1889 in elections for the Chamber of Deputies each elector voting for the candidates for the whole department in which he

Scrutineer

A scrutinizer specifically an examiner of votes as at an election

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