United States federal elections

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electoral process political event

United States federal elections are the nationwide electoral processes through which voters choose the President, members of Congress, and other federal officeholders under the U.S. Constitution.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
United States federal elections canonical 13
U.S. federal elections 1
United States House of Representatives elections 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral process ⓘ
political event ⓘ
allowParticipationOf third parties ⓘ
ballotAccessDeterminedBy state law ⓘ
basedOn United States Constitution ⓘ
campaignFinanceLaw Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ⓘ
Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
Election Day Tuesday after the first Monday in November ⓘ
expandedSuffrageBy Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
feature Electoral College ⓘ
absentee voting ⓘ
campaign finance regulation ⓘ
early voting ⓘ
first-past-the-post voting system ⓘ
general elections ⓘ
mail-in voting ⓘ
popular vote for presidential electors ⓘ
primary elections ⓘ
provisional ballots ⓘ
secret ballot ⓘ
single-member congressional districts ⓘ
special elections ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
governedBy federal law of the United States ⓘ
heldOn Election Day ⓘ
houseElectionCycle 2 years ⓘ
includeElectionFor President of the United States ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
language English predominates ⓘ
majorPoliticalParties Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
overseenBy individual U.S. states ⓘ
local election officials ⓘ
pollTaxProhibitionBasis 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
presidentialElectionCycle 4 years ⓘ
prohibit poll taxes in federal elections ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority state governments ⓘ
regulatedBy Federal Election Commission ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
senateClassSystem three classes of Senators ⓘ
senateElectionCycle 6 years ⓘ
senateElectionsStaggered yes ⓘ
subjectTo Help America Vote Act ⓘ
National Voter Registration Act ⓘ
surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
judicial review by U.S. courts ⓘ
votingAge 18 years ⓘ
votingAgeBasis Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States federal elections
Description of subject: United States federal elections are the nationwide electoral processes through which voters choose the President, members of Congress, and other federal officeholders under the U.S. Constitution.

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Democratic National Committee → jurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
American → hasRightToVoteIn → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal elections (subject to eligibility)
U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
Frederick Muhlenberg → officeContested → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives elections
116th United States Congress → convenedBy → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal elections, 2018
Foreign Malign Influence Center → targetOfProtection → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States elections
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
Texas's 34th congressional district → subjectTo → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal election law
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
United States Senate elections → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
Commission on Presidential Debates → operatesInJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
Mike Quigley → isElectedIn → United States federal elections ⓘ
United States congressional district (West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district) → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
subject surface form: West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
this entity surface form: U.S. federal elections
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee → operatesWithin → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal election system
1978 United States elections → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
Gregg County, Texas (part) → jurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections → relatedTo → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States congressional elections
1986 United States Senate elections → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States midterm elections
United States Senate election in Wisconsin → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
CPD → geographicFocus → United States federal elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Commission on Presidential Debates
League of Women Voters as primary sponsor of general-election presidential debates → locatedInJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ