Talk:By-election
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The correct spelling is actually "bye-election", like the similar confusion of "by" and "bye" in "byelaw". PML.
- Fowler says "by-law" is descended from the word "byrlaw", and gives "by-election" (unrelated etymology) as the recommended spelling -- Tarquin 08:28 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC)
There is no absolutely correct spelling. Byelection or by-election, or bye-election, are equally good. The term only arose in the late 19th century anyway. David | Talk 14:32, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm going to delete the reference to the United States Senate. When a senate seat is vacant, the governor of the state represented by that seat appoints a temporary senator to fill the seat until the next regular congressional election. Note that the next congressional election may not be the end of the term for that senate seat, for example if a senator resigned after serving for 1 year, the governor would appoint a senator who would serve for the next year, and then an election would be held to fill the seat for the next 4 years. Gentgeen 11:36, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
German By Elections: http://www.wahlrecht.de/lexikon/nachwahl-1952.htm
Just a thought, is a "special election" similar to the "special Olympics?" Just kidding, of course. But up until today I had never heard of the term special election. How odd. Why not just use the more common by-election? ☭ Zippanova 02:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
- If you mean in the lead of the article, it's explaining the meaning of what a by-election is. —Whouk (talk) 08:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Whatever the spelling, it's not "bi-election" as I've seen some publications publish is it?
[edit] Added the 'globalization' template
Added it since this article seems to deal a lot more with by-elections in Commonwealth countries than anything else. One (talk) 18:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
