General Election
General Election: Election in which voters, regardless of party affiliation, are permitted to select persons to fill public office and vote on ballot issues.
Definition
Election in which voters, regardless of party affiliation, are permitted to select persons to fill public office and vote on ballot issues. Where the public office may be filled by a candidate affiliated with a political party, voters choose among the nominees of political parties and, as permitted by state law, unaffiliated candidates.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Election in which all eligible voters, regardless of party affiliation, are permitted to select candidates to fill public office and/or vote on ballot measures.
- Definition 3
1. “‘General election’ means an election required to be held on a fixed date recurring at regular intervals.” Wash. Rev. Code §29A.04.073. Us ually, the annual November election, as opposed to a PRIMARY or SPECIAL ELECTION. The “biennial election for national or state officers, members of Congress and of the genera l assembly, county and township officers, and for the choice of other officers or the decision of questions as provided by law.” Iowa Code §39.3(7). An “election in which voters, regardle ss of party affiliation, are permitted to select candidates to fill public office and vote on ballot issues.” 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY. 2. In Guam, “an election held throughout the Territory.” 3 Guam Code Ann. §1107.