elect
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Voters will elect three members to the board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
This lesson serves as both warning and promise: What we reward when we elect is what grows.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Leo has yet to create any cardinals, the red-hatted Princes of the Church who will vote in the conclave to elect his successor.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Other options include the additional member system, a hybrid model that combines first-past-the-post with regional party lists that is used to elect members of the Scottish Parliament.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
He was not a member of that forsaken elect.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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The second person takes the shares out in kind and elects net unrealized appreciation treatment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Each Texas county elects its own slate of local officials, which is why state law requires voters to register where they live.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Maybe Congress can find the will to live like the country that elects it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Each region elects seven members using a form of proportional representation.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Now, voters will consider significant changes to recall rules for state elected officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Ralston, by contrast, has elected to teach those languages to those so disadvantaged: “Hardly any of our incoming students have any Greek.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Diffusing the workload, former members say, allows for regular interaction with elected officials and the private sector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The candidates elected to the Senate on Nov. 3 — one third of the chamber — will serve a six-year term beginning in January.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
In December, James Madison, another slaveholder from Virginia, is elected the fourth president.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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But majorities of both groups — 52% of Latino voters and 58% of likely voters — believe electing the state’s first Latino governor is either “not too important” or “not at all important.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
But the main event for voters will be electing members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the two chambers that make up Congress.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Thad Kousser, a UC-San Diego political science professor, said that electing election skeptics to office doesn’t necessarily mean that they will throw a wrench into the process.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
If the stock trades at $80, that means electing it only on lots with a basis of $16 or less.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
About twenty women met and formed the Mothers’ Club, electing a young mother named Joyce Thorpe president of the group.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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