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The adjective electoral describes anything having to do with elections. When people talk about "electoral reform," they're referring to changing the way political elections work. When you see the word electoral, you can be sure that the subject is politics and elections. An electoral district, for example, is a specific geographic area that elects a representative or has its votes counted separately, and electoral fraud means rigging votes or interfering with the process of an election. Electoral comes from the noun elector, or "voter in an election." In Latin, it means "chooser or selector," from the root eligere, "select."
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Like many youth voting advocates, Adina Austin, vice president of Vote16 Culver City, is well-versed in research that has found that 16-year-olds have adult levels of cognitive capacity, allowing them to make reasoned electoral choices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Although losing sides have often complained about Brazil’s elections, the country’s electoral system is widely considered fair and transparent.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
The electorate is 6.45 million in a population of 6.53 million, raising concerns about the reliability of the electoral register.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
With turnout at just 5.8 percent at 11:00 am local time, according to the Bulgarian electoral commission, voter Valentina Stoeva, 44, told AFP she hoped "that Bulgarians will go out and vote today".
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
She was sick and tired of her grandfather’s speeches, of listening to his arguments with her Uncle Jaime, and of endless electoral campaigns.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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