Elections are the central institution of democratic representative governments.
Jeane Kirkpatrick, scholar and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has offered this definition: “Democratic elections are not merely symbolic….They are competitive, periodic, inclusive, definitive elections in which the chief decision-makers in a government are selected by citizens who enjoy broad freedom to criticize government, to [...]
Elections and Democracy
1852 - New Zealand
The New Zealand Constitution Act (UK) established a system of representative government for New Zealand, with a General Assembly consisting of a Legislative Council appointed by the Crown and a House of Representatives elected every five years by males over the age of 21 who owned, leased or rented property of a certain value.
