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e·lec·tive
/ iˈlektiv/
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adj.
1.
related to or working by means of election:
an elective democracy.
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(of a person or office) appointed or filled by election:
he had never held elective office.
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(of a body or position) possessing or giving the power to elect.
2.
(of a course of study) chosen by the student rather than compulsory.
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(of surgical or medical treatment) chosen by the patient rather than urgently necessary.
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n.
an optional course of study:
up to half the credits in many public high schools are electives.
DERIVATIVES:
e·lec·tive·ly
adv.
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Streamlining Elections
Magazine article from: The State Journal; 5/6/2005; ; 700+ words
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Elections chief: Vote-count delay could happen again
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 9/23/1996; ; 700+ words
; Chief Elections Officer Dwayne Yoshina...another long wait for election results in the general...sound" and said the Elections Office took undeserved...politicians" after the 1994 election. Cayetano, who oversaw elections as lieutenant governor...
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Election Officials, Poll Workers Throughout U.S. Go Back to School to Prepare For November General Election.
PR Newswire; 10/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...Florida primary election, Judy Anderson, Supervisor of Elections in Charlotte County...and the primary election was super," said...Supervisor of Elections in Lake County Florida...for the general election," she added...
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Raid elections: another problems for unions?
Magazine article from: Public Personnel Management; 12/22/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...of much research is the raid election (a multi-union election involving an incumbent). Raid elections pose two problems from the...vote in all representation elections). Some variation in election outcomes is also shown in Table...
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Elections Canada Issues Writs of By-election in Outremont and Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 7/28/2007; 652 words
; ...The writs of by-election were issued by Elections Canada on Saturday...of electors until election day. For the by-elections of September 17...Bagot at the general election of January 23, 2006, go to www.elections.ca : Past Elections...
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On Election Day.(Baby Boomer Issue)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Prairie Schooner; 9/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; I hear democracy weep, on election day. The streets are filled with brokered promise, on election day. The miscreant's vote the same as saint's, on election day. The dead unleash their fury, on election day. My brother crushed in sorrow...
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Election by Litigation: The Electoral Process Post-Bush v. Gore
Magazine article from: Dispute Resolution Journal; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...environment in which elections are increasingly...2008 presidential election looms in front of...formed the Fair Elections Legal Network...staff of experienced election lawyers. The FELN...the 2000 and 2004 elections, more timely legal...round, throughout election cycles and in non...
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Elections Canada: Important Reminders for Electors on Election Day.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 1/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...more than once at an election. For further information...officer, visit www.elections.ca or call 1 800...phase of the 2004 election. It is expected that the Elections Canada Web site will...heavily consulted on election day, January 23...
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Elections: was the 2000 presidential election fair? An analysis of comparative and retrospective survey data.
Magazine article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Only the Peruvian election of 2001 was worse...the 36 national elections covered in the CSES...after a national election: "In some countries...people believe their elections are conducted fairly...believe that their elections are conducted unfairly. Thinking of the election we've ...
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Elections Before Democracy: The History of Elections in Europe and Latin America.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; Elections Before Democracy: The History of Elections in Europe and Latin America. Edited by Eduardo Posada Carbhe History of Elections in Europe and Latin America iPress in association with the Institute of Latin American Studies, 1996. Pp...
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Elections
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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Elections, Contested
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
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election
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ballot in 1872. Elections in the United States...colonial America the election of church and public...Constitution specified that elections to the House of...popular, and that the election of the Senate and...ensuring honest elections. Nonetheless...2000 presidential election clearly ...
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general elections
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...won the general election, since many MPs sat loose to party. Elections in the 18th cent...expect to carry any election in the country...Nowadays, general elections are held to choose...are two general election campaigns—...
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Presidential Elections
Book article from: American Eras
Presidential Elections Close Elections. Between the disputed presidential election of 1876 and the dramatic contest of 1896, presidential elections were close contests in which minor-party candidates drew enough votes away from the Republicans...
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