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Democracy

Democracy: A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation…

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A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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