electable

Examples of elected

elected

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The general issue is thus, how much flexibility you want for your elected politicians representing the voting population at any given point in time.
As elected members of the legislature, elected representatives are expected to represent their voters in the process of lawmaking.
The involvement of top-level, elected officials in the aid allocation process, however, is usually limited.
The result is that the left party is elected to implement policies that a majority of voters do not want.
Newly elected officials do not want to spend the capital they have 'earned' in the election by staying the course.
In the case of single-member districts, with only one candidate elected in the district, this variable is not applicable.
We now know that attention from some elected officials matters to the promulgation of rules.
They were either elected or selected by the water users to supervise all activities concerning irrigation and to enforce rules.
Put another way, a state in which only bad politicians run for and are elected to office may be a self-enforcing equilibrium.
In the presidential election example given above only the elected candidate will actually act like president.
Do they do so primarily because they believe their democratically elected government is corrupt and unaccountable?
Nor have these changes made the executive branch any more accountable to the popularly elected legislature than it was before.
Elections are conducted by a show of hands, with leaders elected by majority.
The assemblies would set development criteria and keep watch over elected and appointed government officials.
Thus, for example, the top three vote-getters would be elected in a three-seat district.
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