United States elections

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electoral process political event

United States elections are the regularly scheduled and special democratic processes in which American voters choose their representatives at local, state, and federal levels, including the president and members of Congress.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
United States congressional elections 2
United States elections canonical 2
U.S. elections 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral process ⓘ
political event ⓘ
administeredBy local election officials ⓘ
state election officials ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
elects President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vice President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
city council members ⓘ
county officials ⓘ
judges in some jurisdictions ⓘ
mayors ⓘ
members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
members of the United States Senate ⓘ
school board members ⓘ
state governors ⓘ
state legislators ⓘ
expandedBy Voting Rights Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature absentee voting ⓘ
early voting in many states ⓘ
mail-in voting in some states ⓘ
voter identification requirements in some states ⓘ
frequency held regularly ⓘ
governedBy United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
federal law ⓘ
local law ⓘ
state law ⓘ
historicalDevelopment expanded suffrage over time ⓘ
transition from property-based voting to universal adult suffrage ⓘ
houseElectionCycle every two years ⓘ
includes United States House of Representatives elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Senate elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States congressional elections ⓘ
United States presidential elections ⓘ
ballot measure elections in the United States ⓘ
gubernatorial elections in the United States ⓘ
local elections in the United States ⓘ
municipal elections in the United States ⓘ
primary elections in the United States ⓘ
recall elections in the United States ⓘ
referendums in the United States ⓘ
runoff elections in the United States ⓘ
special elections in the United States ⓘ
state legislative elections in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy Electoral College NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign finance laws in the United States ⓘ
political parties in the United States ⓘ
redistricting in the United States ⓘ
presidentialElectionCycle every four years ⓘ
regulatedBy Election Assistance Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Election Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
democracy in the United States ⓘ
senateElectionCycle staggered six-year terms ⓘ
uses first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
secret ballot ⓘ
single-member districts ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
votingAge 18 years and older ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Indecision election coverage → mainSubject → United States elections ⓘ
San Francisco local elections → partOf → United States elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States municipal elections
2018 United States local elections → partOfSeries → United States elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States local elections
2010 United States House of Representatives elections → category → United States elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States congressional elections
Muslim American → participatesIn → United States elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. elections
Massachusetts Democratic Party → participatesIn → United States elections ⓘ
2020 United States House of Representatives elections → partOf → United States elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States congressional elections