Electoral is used to describe things that are connected with elections. The Mongolian Democratic Party is campaigning for electoral reform. Italy's electoral system of proportional representation. + electorally elec·tor·al·ly He believed that the policies were both wrong and electorally disastrous. relating to elections and voting. adj. electoral college Electoral Commission electoral system
(1877) Commission created to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden. Tilden had won the popular vote and was only one electoral vote short of victory, but the Republicans contested the tallies in four states, charging fraud. Unable to reach a consensus, Congress appointed a 15-member commission, evenly divided between the two parties, except for one justice, Joseph P. Bradley, a Republican considered nonpartisan; Republicans pressured him, and the tally went to Hayes, who was declared the winner on March
group of electors that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States on behalf of the voters in the electors' respective states (U.S. Politics)
The electoral college is the system that is used in the United States in presidential elections. The electors in the electoral college act as representatives for each state, and they elect the president and vice-president. the Electoral College a group of people chosen by the votes of the people in each US state, who come together to elect the President, or a similar group in other countries. Constitutionally mandated process for electing the U.S. president and vice president. Each state appoints as many electors as it has senators and representatives in Congress (U.S. senators, representatives, and government officers are ineligible); the District of Columbia has three votes. A winner-take-all rule operates in every state except Maine and Nebraska. Three presidents have been elected by means of an electoral college victory while losing the national popular vote (Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and George W. Bush in 2000). Though pledged to vote for their state's winners, electors are not constitutionally obliged to do so. A candidate must win 270 of the 538 votes to win the election
An electoral register is an official list of all the people who have the right to vote in an election. Many students are not on the electoral register. = electoral roll. e.lectoral 'roll an official list of the people who are allowed to vote in an election
Method and rules of counting votes to determine the outcome of elections. Winners may be determined by a plurality, a majority (more than 50% of the vote), an extraordinary majority (a percentage of the vote greater than 50%), or unanimity. Candidates for public office may be elected directly or indirectly. Proportional representation is used in some areas to ensure a fairer distribution of legislative seats to constituencies that may be denied representation under the plurality or majority formulas. See also party system, plurality system, primary election