go for it . and thanks.
Goober: did a quick research and found this:
An
election is a formal
decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.
[1] Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern
representative democracy operates since the 17th century.
[1] 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 universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic
archetype, ancient
Athens. As 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.
Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems.
Psephology is the study of results and other
statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results).
To
elect means "to choose or make a decision"
[2] and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as
referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.
Source: Wikipedia.
Election - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now.......another search rendered this:
Free election (Polish:
wolna elekcja) was the
election of individual kings, rather than of
dynasties, to the
Polish throne between 1572 and 1791, when "free election" was abolished by the
Constitution of May 3, 1791.
and the above is from Babylon translator.