Slate (elections)
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A slate is a group of candidates that run in multi-seat or multi-position elections on a common platform.
The common platform may be because the candidates are all members of a
Elections that commonly have slates
United States electoral college
The United States presidential elections use an electoral college to determine the winner and the electors are chosen by popular vote in each state. In most states, voters choose a slate of electors who support one of the candidates, although this may not be obvious to the voter at the time.
United States legislative elections
In states whose state legislatures are elected from multi-member districts, it is common for groups of candidates to form slates in primary and general elections. Elections to the Maryland General Assembly are a prime example, with most districts electing one member of the Maryland Senate and three members of the Maryland House of Delegates. Candidates for senator and delegate (usually incumbents) often join together prior to the primary election, registering their slates as separate campaign committees to enable them to raise funds separately. They are commonly called "Leadership Teams".[1]
United Kingdom student unions
Most
Canadian municipal elections
Unusual among western democracies, Canada's major federal and provincial
Canadian student unions
The use of slates by students to collectively get elected to student union positions is common. Slates are often a controversial feature of student politics in Canada, with many student associations wavering between full recognition of them to outright banning them. In bigger student unions where slates are tolerated, it is not uncommon to see these slates take on party-like features to entertain multi-year success.[2]
Different campuses in North America are seen having groups of students creating political agendas in order to run the campus in a specific way.
Philippine elections
Political parties and coalitions employ slates in elections with multiple winners. For the nationally-elected
Russian elections
In Russia, using slates in parliamentary elections was banned in 2007, but in municipal elections they still can be used.
Student government elections
Many universities in the United States allow members of the student body to combine into slates if they share a common agenda when running for student government positions.
Israeli Knesset elections
Elections to the
References
- ^ Examples from 2010 include the 14th District Leadership Team (comprising two incumbent delegates and one challenger) and the 43rd District Leadership Team (comprising an incumbent senator, two incumbent delegates and one challenger)
- ^ "Editorial: Slates shouldn't be creating brands | the Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper". 30 January 2014.