These are known as primary elections or primaries.
Election comes originally from Latin - from electio, from eligere meaning to pick out
An eye-witness account.
All that is known of the reasons for President Woodrow Wilson to have left office was because he did not choose to seek re-election.
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These are known as primary elections or primaries.
known as a primary election or a party primary. In this type of election, party members choose their preferred candidate from a field of candidates who are running for the same party nomination. The winner of the primary election then becomes the official candidate for the party in the general election.
An open primary is an election in which a voter may vote for any of the candidates regardless party affiliation.
It is not a primary election. A national party convention is an election convention in which delegates from the 50 states cast their votes in support of the new nominee. This event usually takes place after the primary elections and is considered the beginning of the campaign for the general election. There was a time when these conventions were important in choosing a nominee. Today presidential nominees are usually known months ahead of a national convention.
This person is known as the nominee or the party's official candidate. They have won the primary election and will represent their party in the upcoming general election. Their selection is usually based on their performance in the primaries and their ability to resonate with the party's values and principles.
A non paricant primary is a primary where candidates are not labeled under a party. It may also be called an open primary.
The leader who stand for election is known as the
According to the Keystone Politics website (www.keystonepolitics.com): "The 2008 Pennsylvania primary election will be held on April 22nd, 2008. The ballot will include selections for US President, US Congress, and state legislature positions." This corroberates with the New York Times Primary Calendar: Democratic Nominating Contests (http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/index.html) & Primary Calendar: Republican Nominating Contests (http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprimaries/index.html) Furthermore, according to the report, "PRIMARY ELECTION DATES IN PENNSYLVANIA: AN ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE" (http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/ELECTION.PDF) "Under present law the general and municipal primaries are held on the third Tuesday in May, except that in years when the presidential election takes place, the primary is held the fourth Tuesday in April. Act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, §§ 603 and 604; 25 P.S. §§ 2753 and 2754 (West 1994 & Supp. 2000)"
A special election in which voters approve or reject a law is known as a referendum. It allows the citizens to directly participate in the decision-making process on a specific policy or law proposed by the government. The outcome of the referendum is determined by a majority vote, either approving or rejecting the proposed law.
This would be known as a recall
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_elections#TypesOpen. A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation. When voters do not register with a party before the primary, it is called a pick-a-party primary because the voter can select which party's primary he or she wishes to vote in on election day. Because of the open nature of this system, a practice known as "raiding" may occur. "Raiding" consists of voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party, effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate. The theory is that opposing party members vote for the weakest candidate of the opposite party in order to give their own party the advantage in the general election. An example of this can be seen in the 1998 Vermont senatorial primary with the election of Fred Tuttle for the Republican candidate.
That is known as a recall election.