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| rdfs:comment | - A candidate is a person standing for election. To become a candidate a person must usually be nominated by themselves or other people, often a deposit is also required. Usually the names of the candidates appear on the ballot paper. This article is a stub help this Wiki City by expanding this article. Alphabetical Index:
- From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Candidate]] candidatus (“‘a person who is standing for public office’”), the perfect passive participle of candidare, from candidus (“‘candid, white’”), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.
- A candidate is a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example:
* to be elected to an office - In this case a candidate selection procedure occurs;
* to receive an honor or award;
* to receive membership in a group. Image:Society.png This politics-related article is a stub. You can help AlexWiki by [ expanding it].
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| abstract | - A candidate is a person standing for election. To become a candidate a person must usually be nominated by themselves or other people, often a deposit is also required. Usually the names of the candidates appear on the ballot paper. This article is a stub help this Wiki City by expanding this article. Alphabetical Index:
- From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Candidate]] candidatus (“‘a person who is standing for public office’”), the perfect passive participle of candidare, from candidus (“‘candid, white’”), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.
- A candidate is a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example:
* to be elected to an office - In this case a candidate selection procedure occurs;
* to receive an honor or award;
* to receive membership in a group. Image:Society.png This politics-related article is a stub. You can help AlexWiki by [ expanding it].
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