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But diocesan officials said committee members were never privy to its details, and that the panel left it up to Cook to tell her electors about it.
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Hallum favors a nine-member council comprised of seven wards with about 5,800 electors apiece, along with two at-large seats, with a council president as opposed to a mayor.
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The United Kingdom was born in 1707, and Anne’s Protestant relative, the German George, prince-elector of Hanover (an ancestor of the current queen), took the throne.
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In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots.
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The other two states, Maine and Nebraska, allocate electors based on votes in congressional districts.
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Adopting the qualified elector standard would eliminate those possibilities, according to the revisor’s office.
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In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
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But this year, the five inductees are almost a mirror image of the top fan vote-getters, as though the electors didn’t know whom to vote for and watched the results of the straw poll for guidance.
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First Known Use of elector
15th century
ELECTOR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of elector for English Language Learners
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: a member of the Electoral College in the U.S.
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: someone who can vote in an election
Law Dictionary
elector
noun
elec·tor
legal Definition of elector
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: a person who is qualified to vote
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: a member of the electoral college in the U.S.
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