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An '''elector''' can be anyone who has a vote in an election.
* The [[prince-elector]]s (''Kurfürsten'') of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] were the highest college in the [[Imperial diet]]. They chose the [[Holy Roman Emperor]].
* In the [[United States]], "electors" are members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] who choose the [[President of the United States]]. A similar system has been used to elect the president in other countries, such as [[Finland]] until 1988.
* Generally, any voter can be called an elector; collectively such electors may comprise an [[electorate]]. The term "voter" to represent the general voting public is commonly used in [[American English]], whereas the term "elector" is used in [[Australian English]] and in the [[Constitution of Australia]] to refer to the same group.
* ''Elector'', a [[science fiction]] [[novella]] by [[Charles Stross]], later incorporated into his 2005 novel ''[[Accelerando (novel)|Accelerando]]''.
==See also==
{{Elections-small}}
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[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Government institutions]]
[[Category:Noble titles]]
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