Public election
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- An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.
The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.
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Formular: "Wohungsbauabgabe für die Provinz Sachsen / Bekanntmachung des Wahlausschusses für die Land- und Kreistagswahlen am 20.10.1946
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Aufruf der Christlich-Demokratischen Union Deutschlands, 1946
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USPD-Plakat, 1920
Wahlplakat der USPD zur...
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Einladung Betriebsrat Regierung Magdeburg, 15. Februar 1933
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Image: Museum Wolmirstedt - RR-F -
Der Wahlschmaus
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA
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