Usually means: Chooses by voting for representation.
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  1. elects: Merriam-Webster
  2. elects: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. Elects, elect's, elects: Wordnik
  5. elects: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. elects: Wiktionary
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  8. elects: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (elect)

noun:  One chosen or set apart.
noun:  (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
verb:  (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
verb:  (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
adjective:  (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
adjective:  Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
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