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The new nominating process will see the 16 county parties elect slates of delegates, 601 in total, who will in turn vote to select the new nominee at a July 25 convention in Bangor.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

In the coming days, all 16 counties will hold meetings to elect a number of delegates based on that county’s 2024 primary turnout.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

Dr Ippokratis Sarris, chair elect of the British Fertility Society, recommended more research and said pregnancies could be riskier for older women, meaning couples should have thorough checks and counselling when embarking on fertility treatment.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Buyers can elect to continue the income over a spouse’s lifetime and add a death benefit for other heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Or should he put the dream in jeopardy and elect to have the surgery done on Boobie now, before it was too late, before there was more physical and psychological damage?

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

The General Assembly, where all UN member states are represented, elects the secretary-general for a five-year term, renewable once.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

The Fed’s rate-setting body, the Federal Open Market Committee, elects its own chair every year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

When you have a community that elects somebody repeatedly, over and over again, if they feel like that is the best person to represent them, then I think that makes sense.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025

The Gathering elects Runners, and if you think I’m tough, they’d laugh in your face.”

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

Spencer was elected a Conservative MP in July 2024 and the party removed the whip in 2025 after he was charged with the offences, which means he now sits an Independent MP.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

After Netflix greenlit a two-hour finale instead, Oseman elected to zero in on her protagonists — not unlike her comics — rather than give each character their own, heavily condensed arc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The former Labour MP is mid-way through his third term as London mayor, having first been elected in 2016.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Billy Gene Mills was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1963 and served until 1974.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Throughout Adams’s presidency, she claimed, Jefferson had used his position as vice president to undermine the policies of the very man he had been elected to support.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The process of electing a president is seen as the most democratic way for its members to have a say in how the club is governed and how its strategy for the future should work.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

That document laid out strategies for electing centrists to the council.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

However, with no presidential or legislative elections since 2006, electing local councils has become one of the last remaining democratic mechanisms under the Palestinian Authority.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

The five-time champion from Norway had dominated the classical game for nearly a decade, before electing not to defend his title.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

One morning in Mirebalais, they both skipped church, electing instead to watch the heavy downpour from Père Lafontant’s empty rectory.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French