- Rolling election
Rolling elections are
election s in which all representatives in a body are reelected, but these elections are spread over a period of time rather than all at once. Examples are the presidentialprimaries in theUnited States , and, due to logistics, general elections in Lebanon and India. The voting procedure in theLegislative Assemblies of the Roman Republic are also a classical example.In rolling elections, voters have information about previous voters' choices. While in the first elections, there may be plenty of hopeful candidates, in the last rounds consensus on one winner is generally achieved. In today's context of rapid communication, presidential candidates can put disproportionate resources into competing strongly in the first few stages, because those stages affect the reaction of latter stages.
Rolling elections are not to be confused with
staggered elections when not all members of an body have to face reelection at the same time.
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