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Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election
Election

An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern Representative democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional government and local government....
 to an office
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
, or the bestowing of an honor or award
Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signified...
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In the context of elections for public office, a candidate who has been selected by a political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 is normally said to be the nominee of that party. The party's selection (that is, the nomination) is typically accomplished either based on one or more primary election
Primary election

A primary election , also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election....
s or by means of a political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 convention
Political convention

In politics, a political convention is a meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates.In the United States, a political convention usually refers to a United States presidential nominating convention, but it can also refer to state, county, or congressional district nominating conventions....
 or caucus
Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States. The exact definition varies among political cultures....
, according to the rules of the party and any applicable election law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
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Normally, the nominee of a recognized political party is entitled to appear on the general election
General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections....
 ballot
Ballot

A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed to protect the secret ballot....
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Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election
Election

An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern Representative democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional government and local government....
 to an office
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
, or the bestowing of an honor or award
Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signified...
.

In the context of elections for public office, a candidate who has been selected by a political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 is normally said to be the nominee of that party. The party's selection (that is, the nomination) is typically accomplished either based on one or more primary election
Primary election

A primary election , also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election....
s or by means of a political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 convention
Political convention

In politics, a political convention is a meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates.In the United States, a political convention usually refers to a United States presidential nominating convention, but it can also refer to state, county, or congressional district nominating conventions....
 or caucus
Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States. The exact definition varies among political cultures....
, according to the rules of the party and any applicable election law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
s.

Normally, the nominee of a recognized political party is entitled to appear on the general election
General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections....
 ballot
Ballot

A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed to protect the secret ballot....
. Candidates who are unaffiliated with any political party are typically required to submit a nominating petition
Petition

A petition is a request to change some thing, most commonly made to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
 in order to gain ballot access
Ballot access

Ballot access rules, called nomination rules outside the US, regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is either entitled to stand for election or to appear on voters' ballots....
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Candidate comes from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 word "candida" (white). In Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
, people running for political office would often wear toga
Toga

The toga, a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a cloth of perhaps twenty feet in length which was wrapped around the body and generally was worn over a tunic....
s chalked and bleached to be bright white. Such garments would be worn by candidates at speech
Public speaking

Public speaking is the process of Speech communication to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners....
es, debate
Debate

Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examine the consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examine what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is technique of persuasion....
s, convention
Convention

Convention may refer to:* Convention , a large gathering of people who share a common interest** Political convention, a formal gathering of people for political purposes...
s, and other public
Public

Public, adj, is of or pertaining to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to Private sector; as, the public treasury, a road or lake....
 function
Ceremony

A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a special occasion....
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