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Definition: (North American English) An act of trying to get elected to public office.
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* All nine elements should be in.


1. Purposeful and necessary (connect to #2).

2. With the best of intentions - to serve sincerely, lead honestly, represent creditably, etc.

3. Nomination, selection, etc. was transparent, and in accordance with the extant rules and regulations, even if the person is an independent candidate.

4. Conduct, that is, mobilization, campaign, etc. throughout the period is superb - no name-calling, decamping, shenanigans, etc.

5. The person runs an issues-based campaign and does not 'heat up' the polity.

6. Does not involve participating in an illegality or in an untoward activity such as intimidation, violence, rigging, etc.

7. The election holds or will hold in the end, no matter how many times it is postponed (to emphasize).

8. 'Runner' respects the voters or electors decision. That is, person does not cause votes cast not to be counted or protest the vote result announced.

9. Act achieves goal(s), even if it ends in a loss of election(s)!
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PRETTY GOOD ... for PRESIDENT OR COUNCILLOR.


Quote: "I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does". - Warren Beatty.

Quote: "The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness". - Richard Stallman.

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