Questions tagged [election]
The act or process of choosing a person for a position, especially a public office, usually through a vote.
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Does Mexico hold primary elections?
If so, are they held by all national parties? For executive and legislators? And are party non-officials eligible to vote? If so, only members or open?
Note: Question is inspired by the nominating ...
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Is there an election System that allows for seats to be empty?
Is there an election System that allows for potential seats to be empty?
E.g if there are 7 seats that could potentially be filled but the people voting only want 5 to be filled.
For context: We are ...
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What can be some issues with this alternate procedure for recalling public officials? [closed]
There are many democratic procedures like recall elections which don’t need to take place within a fixed period of time, i.e. they can be continuously held until the replacement candidate gets a ...
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Why do so many Sheriffs run unopposed in the US?
I read that nearly 60% of the incumbent Sheriffs run unopposed. Why is that?
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What would it take to win a presidential campaign with no staff? [closed]
Imagine a person does not need to campaign to win, they are just adored by 60% of the country (USA) and does not need to do any press. How much work would it take to do all the paper work needed to ...
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What is a common failure rate in postal voting?
According to reporting by Omroep West, a postal voting trial in The Hague failed with over half of the ballots ruled invalid. The trial is an experiment for the upcoming general election in the ...
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Has the Michigan risk-limiting election audit process completed for the 2020 election?
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On January 11th, a risk-limiting election audit for the 2020 election was conducted in the State of Michigan to confirm the integrity of the 2020 election in Michigan. The beginning of the ...
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Have there been (or are there) serious proposals to extend the terms of the US House of Representatives?
The term of the US House of Representatives is two years, which is very short compared to parliaments in other countries (e.g. in Germany the Bundestag is elected for four years and state parliaments ...
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Are there research results on what makes people in established democracies believe in election fraud?
One might assume that ballots and vote counts come close to an absolute truth, that large-scale election fraud is nearly impossible in stable and wealthy democratic countries: Public observers and ...
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Have there been any instances where both of a state's Senate seats flipped to the opposing party in a single election?
The Democratic candidates flipped both of Georgia's Senate seats, previously held by Republicans, in the 2021 runoff elections.
Such a situation where both Senate seats of a state change party in a ...
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What powers do British constituency presiding officers have during elections?
I've been following a lot over the past several months, how US elections are conducted and the steps that are taken between an election and a new President being sworn in. Particularly, how the states ...
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Why was Warnock's election called while Ossoff's wasn't? Aren't they both on the same ballot?
Does this mean that a voter voted for Warnock but not Ossoff?
I am confused since I would think they appeared on the same ballot and the tallies for candidates would be made at the same time the ...
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Senatorial Class I, II, III races; Special Elections; & Georgia
2020 was an unusual year for Georgia elections because they voted on both of their Senate seats after Senator Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019 triggered an off-year special election between his ...
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Can Kevin McCarthy realistically be elected Speaker of the House, albeit temporarily?
There are various articles floating around noting that incumbent Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces "tight margins" for the Speaker's election, especially since the coronavirus pandemic may force ...
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Assuming Pelosi is Speaker, how would it affect the January 6th count if she refused to seat the Reps who plan on objecting to the electoral votes?
As Rep. Bill Pascrell said it, "Stated simply, the men and women who would act to tear the United States Government apart cannot serve as Members of the Congress," arguing that the 14th ...
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Are there elections where the second place candidate becomes eligible for a different position? [duplicate]
According to Article 2, clause 3 of the US Constitution (since replaced by the 12th Amendment):
In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the ...
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Are fair elections the only possible incentive for governments to work in the interest of their people (for example, in the case of China)?
Why does the Chinese government rule the country not phenomenally, but better than one would expect from unelected authorities? I think it's supposed to work the following way: the officials try to ...
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If elected, when would Ossoff and Warnock take office?
The Georgia runoffs are scheduled for January 5th 2021 with early voting happening as I write this.
But it's never been discussed when those senators could take office if they get elected. So, when do ...
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How much time does it take for Australia to count votes in general elections?
For those who don't know, Australia uses ranked-choice voting for both the lower house (House of Representatives) and upper house (Senate) elections.
I can't help but wonder the logistics of the vote ...
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Has any European far-right party managed to enter the legislative body relying almost exclusively on social media promoting?
Romanian has recently held the general elections and a far-right party managed to enter the Parliament. This is not a surprise in itself since the COVID-19 crisis helps rising the popularity of such ...
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Would it be advantageous for Senate Democrats to motion for a vote challenging the election results? [closed]
On Monday, Mitch McConnell warned Senate Republicans not to challenge the election results. My thinking is that he is concerned that no matter which way Georgia Senators David Perdue and Kelly ...
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As of 2020-12-16, is there any legal way for Trump to win the election despite the electoral college vote? [closed]
Trump has been claiming that the voting was flawed and there were many problems. At this point (December 16th, 2020), the Electoral College vote has been completed and Biden won. Is there any legally ...
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Is The 68.05% Error Rate In The Antrim County Tabulation Totals Indicative of Machine Error? [closed]
According to the forensic audit of Antrim County, Michigan, there appears to be an error rate of 68.05% in the voting tabulation for the county. From section 6 and 7 the report:
The allowable ...
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Rita Hart (2nd District Iowa) appeal. How many precedents were there?
I have just come across the article about Rita Hart appeal of the race to U.S. House in Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Particularly I was surprized by the sentence:
Given that, she said, she is ...
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Did the Supreme Court have a time limit on responding to Texas v Pennsylvania et. al?
In the lawsuit filed by Texas against Pennsylvania and other states, SCOTUS did request the defendants to respond by December 10, 2020, but they did not say until December 11 that they were not going ...
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The Texas lawsuit and contingent election
With filing the Texas lawsuit it becomes increasingly clear that the whole post-election strategy of Trump was to shift the presidential election to the House of Representatives with the help of the ...
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Does an election necessarily involve selection?
An election is a kind of vote.
A referendum is a vote, but is not an election.
Therefore we infer not all votes are elections.
What are the essential characteristics of an election then?
Does an ...
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Has California released its certified presidential election results online?
The media is reporting that California has certified its results for the presidential election.
However, I can’t find the certified vote totals online. A quick check on the California Secretary of ...
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What would a "signature audit" accomplish in the Georgia election?
POTUS and the Governor Kemp of Georgia have both requested a "signature audit" of the absentee ballot envelopes used in the Nov 3 Presidential election. Link
What would such an audit ...
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Have Georgia election officials offered an explanation for the alleged "smoking gun" at the State Farm Arena? [closed]
Now hitting Fox News, yesterday's Georgia Senate committe(s) hearings are apparently providing new ammunition to governor Kemp to request another signature audit:
Gov. Brian Kemp, the Georgia ...
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Does Trump claim that election irregularities only affected the Presidential election?
Donald Trump has been contesting the results of the 2020 Presidential election, alleging voter fraud, improper counting, and other irregularities. A number of recounts have been done, although none ...
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Is there a (fuller) transcript for Trump's recent quip about election officials being “communists” and “enemies of the state”?
AP recently reported that:
Speaking to news crews gathered to watch the traditional holiday conversation with the military, Trump denounced officials in battleground states he’d lost as “communists” ...
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What happens when a USA congress/senate candidate concedes while the vote count is still going? I mean can they still win? [duplicate]
I just have general question about concedings:
Let's say in scenario a democratic congressman/senator concedes while a large percent of the votes are still being counted. The large batch of uncounted ...
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Comparison of Presidential and House results by District
I've read a number of articles that have talked about the difference between down ticket results during the 2020 elections and the Presidential race.
But I've been unable to find raw data because the ...
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Are election boycotts effective against an authoritarian regime?
If there are no fair elections in a country, the opposition may choose to still participate and try to defend its result or to boycott an unfair election altogether. Are election boycotts effective ...
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How does the UK manage to transition leadership so quickly compared to the USA?
I appreciate that the USA has a larger population and more layers to it system of governance, but I don't understand how the UK can transition between governments practically overnight and the USA ...
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What were the 2020 Presidential Results in TX-15 specifically?
I am interested in the 2020 presidential election by congressional district. I am particularly interested in the 15th district of Texas. This is a South Texas district where the Democrat won by 3 ...
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Controversial Tigray regional election
As I understand it, one of the points of contention in the conflict between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray region are contested regional elections in September at 2020. These have been ...
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What does it mean to do a recount *after* a US state has certified its election results?
In Georgia, the state government must "certify" the election results before the parties can request a recount.
What does it mean to recount after certification is complete, and why is that ...
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How far out of balance are Wayne County's absentee counting boards?
Michigan's GOP is calling for an audit in the 2020 election because "70% of the Detroit absentee counting boards were out of balance". Do we know how far out of balance they were? I mean, ...
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Is the Wayne County canvassers refusing to certify unprecedented in the US?
In Wayne County MI two Republican canvassers objected to certifying results, deadlocking the certification. They backpedaled and then tried to backpedal again to the initial position of "Don't ...
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Where can I find detailed information on the votes that were tallied in the 2020 election?
I need a comprehensive dataset showing when individual votes were cast and for whom across the USA in the 2020 general election. I can find totals on the county websites and presidential candidate ...
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Can members of the Wayne County Canvassing Board rescind their votes?
A couple days ago, all four members of the Board of Canvassers of Wayne County, Michigan voted to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential Election. Now the two Republican members of the ...
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Estimated bounds for margin of error in US election results?
When one sets out to measure a thing, one expects various sorts of errors to occur in the measurement.... depending on context one might have: errors with the measuring instrument, errors due to ...
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What is the largest election to use non-secret ballots?
All the elections I'm aware of use secret ballots, meaning that no one knows which candidate a different person has voted for. But surely there must be elections somewhere where that's not the case ...
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Do Republicans and Democrats intentionally nominate long-shot candidates for races which they're extremely unlikely to win?
As an example, in my own state of Washington, the Republican party nominated Loren Culp:
Culp has been married for 43 years and has two grown children. He was
raised in Jefferson County. He dropped ...
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What happened in the 2010 election in the Philippines which cause Smartmatic to sue Dominion Voting systems?
After listening to Sydney Powell on Lou Dobbs for the umpteenth time, I decided to do some fact checking of my own. She was talking about smartmatic, which is a company that makes election software, ...
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What prevents me from voting in the next USA elections? [duplicate]
I am not an USA citizen, I was not ever in the U.S. But I could visit the USA embassy any time, where I could probably get easily a tourist visa. The only reason for me to not do this, is that I have ...
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What is the biggest change in votes following a recount?
In Michigan, a Republican in a local election went from barely losing to winning clearly after picking up ~1200 votes in a recount. That seems like a lot to me, which got me wondering. What is the ...
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Where to view election litigation status
Is there a way to view aggregated data for the litigations related to the recent federal elections in the US? I’m looking for a who/what/why status of each piece of litigation so I don’t have to check ...