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runoff collapse: a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

election collapse: the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"; a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"; the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists); the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

caucus collapse: a closed political meeting; meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

referendum collapse: a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

primary collapse: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen; one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing; not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"; of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

doubles collapse: tennis played with two players on each side; badminton played with two players on each side

sooner collapse: comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"

appointment collapse: (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"; the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"; the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"; (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

nomination collapse: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"; the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested"

gerrymander collapse: an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage); divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

usurpation collapse: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

volition collapse: the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith

determinism collapse: (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will

ordination collapse: the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"; the status of being ordained to a sacred office

option collapse: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"; the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

congressional district collapse: a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives

free will collapse: the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

event collapse: something that happens at a given place and time; a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory; a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

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