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e·lec·tor·al
/ iˈlektərəl/
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adj.
of or relating to elections or electors:
electoral reform.
DERIVATIVES:
e·lec·tor·al·ly
adv.
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Electors May Have the Last Word; Presidential System Has Some Room for Uncertainty
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...generally choose their electors from the ranks of the...becoming a "faithless elector." In Florida, for...law prescribes that electors be chosen by the respective...examples of faithless electors in American history...1988, for example, an elector from West Virginia who...
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ELECTORS MEET TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/18/2000; 528 words
; ...state has one elector for each congressional...district plus two electors representing...the office of elector and an invalidation...The remaining electors then choose a...any registered elector can invoke the requirement electors "shall vote...
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 "News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)")
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ELECTORS TAKE RARE TURN IN SPOTLIGHT | ELECTORAL COLLEGE: TWO DEMOCRATS FROM ILLINOIS EXPRESS MIXED FEELINGS ON SYSTEM
Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 11/17/2000; 700+ words
; ...Central Committee. While electors can vote for anyone...candidates. A West Virginia elector cast a presidential...a Washington state elector for President Ford voted...Reagan. And a maverick elector from South Carolina...Pierce said. Illinois electors will meet to cast their...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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Democratic electors talk of abolishing the system
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 11/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...Thirty-five electors had no comment or...said South Carolina elector Danny Faulkner...Benson, a Colorado elector for Bush. The idea...response from Gore electors: "Not unless I...1876 and 1888. Electors from small states...a South Carolina elector for Bush. "You...
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Democratic electors discuss ending system: ; Electoral College should stay, GOP members say in survey
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 11/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...interviewed 342 electors, or nearly two...silly," said Gore elector Lana Boldi, a political...Benson, a Colorado elector for Bush. The idea...response from Gore electors: "Not unless I...1876 and 1888. Electors from small states...a South Carolina elector for Bush. "You...
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Electors to cast votes for president
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...a George W. Bush elector from Flagstaff, Ariz...will join seven other electors in the executive tower...called "faithless electors," others have dismissed it. New York elector Judith Hope thinks it...idea of persuading GOP electors to switch. "I think...
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Electors meet to formalize Bush victory
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/19/2000; ; 692 words
; ...official Jan. 6. The electors gathered in their state...defect, the only rogue elector was a Democrat from...said New Hampshire elector Wayne McDonald, who...backing Gore. Some electors said they received thousands...said Arkansas elector Sarah Agee, a state...
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Electors Tugged By Political Tides
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...campaign work--the electors now represent the most...lesson," said Democrat elector Juanita Geathers, an...principal. The slates of electors for both parties were...Butterworth is a Democratic elector, for example. House...McKay are Republican electors. But the lists also...
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ELECTORS DON'T WAVER; BUSH WINS
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 12/19/2000; ; 670 words
; ...said New Hampshire elector Wayne McDonald, who was...of backing Gore. Some electors said they received thousands...want,' " said Arkansas elector Sarah Agee, a state representative...voted Bush." Some Gore electors criticized the Electoral...
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Three `faithless electors' could still give election to Gore.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...persuaded Oklahoma elector Dr. Henry D. Irwin...Mr. Byrd. Other electors made their political...that no "faithless elector" has ever been...parties could require electors to sign a pledge...and replace the elector on the spot. When...identified four Bush electors as potential ...
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electors
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
electors in the history of the Holy Roman Empire...he was called emperor. Initially the electors merely confirmed hereditary succession...Henry V in 1125 without direct heirs, the electors set aside the principle of hereditary...
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Elector
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Elector A prince of the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE who had the right to elect...not until the contested election of 1257 that the number of Electors was fixed at seven. The office of Elector disappeared when Napoleon abolished the empire in 1806.
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the Great Elector
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
the Great Elector see Frederick William .
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elector
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
e·lec·tor / iˈlektər; x2CC;tôr / • n. a person who has the right to vote in an election. ∎ (in the U.S.) a member of the electoral college. DERIVATIVES: e·lec·tor·ship n.
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Electoral College
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...the candidates for elector are not even on...Those chosen as electors collectively constitute...state a number of electors equal to the number...Congress, with one elector assigned for each...for allocating electors to the candidates. Candidates for elector are vetted by the...
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