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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
United States House of Representatives elections 1
United States elections 1
United States federal election law 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 ⓘ

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Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
116th United States Congress → convenedBy → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal elections, 2018
American → hasRightToVoteIn → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal elections (subject to eligibility)
Democratic National Committee → jurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
Frederick Muhlenberg → officeContested → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives elections
Commission on Presidential Debates → operatesInJurisdiction → United States federal elections ⓘ
U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
United States Senate elections → partOf → United States federal elections ⓘ
Texas's 34th congressional district → subjectTo → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal election law
Foreign Malign Influence Center → targetOfProtection → United States federal elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States elections