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Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government...
Timeline of Events
1856
2.7.1856
The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
1899
2.14.1899
Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1913
4.8.1913
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
1993
6.6.1993
Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
2001
7.24.2001
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
2005
1.9.2005
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.