election returns — The report made to the board of canvassers or election board of the number of votes cast for each candidate or proposition voted upon by those charged by law with the duty of counting or tallying the votes for or against the respective candidates … Black's law dictionary
election returns — The report made to the board of canvassers or election board of the number of votes cast for each candidate or proposition voted upon by those charged by law with the duty of counting or tallying the votes for or against the respective candidates … Black's law dictionary
Returns — may refer to: *Nostoi ( Returns ), a lost ancient Greek epic *Election returns, denoting the resulting tallies of election ballotsIn economic, financial, and marketing affairs: *Return (finance), referring to the benefit derived from an… … Wikipedia
election — elec·tion n 1 a: the act or process of electing b: an instance of the electorate voting for candidates for an elective office c: the fact of being elected 2: the right, power, or privilege of making a choice: as a: the right of a spouse to choose … Law dictionary
election — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean (esp. AmE), fair, free, open ▪ fraudulent, rigged, stolen ▪ close … Collocations dictionary
election — The act of choosing or selecting one or more from a greater number of persons, things, courses, or rights. The choice of an alternative. The internal, free, and spontaneous separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in… … Black's law dictionary
election — The act of choosing or selecting one or more from a greater number of persons, things, courses, or rights. The choice of an alternative. The internal, free, and spontaneous separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in… … Black's law dictionary
returns of election — See election returns … Ballentine's law dictionary
returns — Synonyms and related words: account, account rendered, accounting, acta, agenda, annual, avails, beadroll, box office, brief, bulletin, cadastre, calendar, capital gains, census, census report, checklist, checkroll, cleanup, clear profit,… … Moby Thesaurus
Election law — is a discipline falling at the juncture of constitutional law and political science. It researches the politics of law and the law of politics . Especially after the famous 2000 Bush Gore elections, its importance has grown and now election law… … Wikipedia
