any registered voter
During primary elections, voters have the ability to choose who will run as their party's representatives in the next election. Primary elections are held for governmental posts at all levels, state, local, and federal.
A citizen of the country they are voting in, generally there is a lower age limit, usually 18 years. Some countries apply other restrictions, such as criminals and the medically insane.
In the US, women had the theoretical right to run for President from the time they got the right to vote in Federal Elections, around 1923.
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run elections
When elections are free, that means that there is an actual choice; anyone can run for office and anyone can vote for the candidate whom they actually prefer. Many countries have had fake elections to create an illusion of democracy. In a fake election, some candidates are not allowed to run and may even be arrested if they try to run, or in some cases, only one political party is allowed (communist nations have always used that system - they have elections, but there is only one candidate on the ballot) or people are coerced to vote in the way that the government requires.
A special election, or a run-off would be the term for such an election. However, a majority is not required in congressional elections. The candidate with the most votes wins. (You may be thinking of congressional primaries used to determine a party's nominee. In this case, if there are several candidates receiving votes, a run-off might be held between the top two to determine the strongest candidate for the fall election. )
Edmund Barton did not run for federal election He was appointed by the British government and resigned his position as Prime minister before any elections were held.
Elections are won by running for office. You can run as an independent or as part of the political party system. Some offices are non-political without the a particular political party as backing candidate.
Any person who is constitutionally eligible to become President can run, regardless of how many times they have run in the past. Presidential elections are every 4 years.
Citizenship And allowing people to run a federal office.- Vote in a federal Election- Run for federal office
Initially Lyndon Johnson sought re-election but he realized that that was not popular so he had Hubert Humphrey run. Bobby Kennedy got into the race late. Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate.