Editing Election (section)

==Contexts==
Elections are held in a variety of political, organizational, and corporate settings. Many countries hold elections to select people to serve in their governments, but other types of organizations hold elections as well. For example, many corporations hold elections among [[shareholders]] to select a [[board of directors]], and these elections may be mandated by [[corporate law]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Cai | first1 = J. | last2 = Garner | first2 = J. L. | last3 = Walkling | first3 = R. A. | year = 2009 | title = Electing Directors | journal = Journal of Finance | volume = 64 | issue = 5| pages = 2387–2419 | doi=10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01504.x| s2cid = 6133226 }}</ref> In many places, an election to the government is usually a competition among people who have already won a [[Partisan primary|primary election]] within a [[political party]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Giulia |last1=Sandri |first2=Antonella |last2=Seddone |year=2015 |title=Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective |publisher=Routledge |page=1 |isbn=9781472450388}}</ref> Elections within corporations and other organizations often use procedures and rules that are similar to those of governmental elections.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Amihai |last1=Glazer |first2=Debra G. |last2=Glazer |first3=Bernard |last3=Grofman |title=Cumulative Voting in Corporate Elections: Introducing Strategy into the Equation |journal=South Carolina Law Review |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=295–311 |year=1984}}</ref>