The phrase "act of electing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or action of choosing someone for a position or role, typically in a formal context such as elections.
Example: "The act of electing representatives is a fundamental aspect of a democratic society."
Alternatives: "process of election" or "election procedure".
The very act of electing someone to determine manner of death suggests that there's room for political factors to guide or influence that determination.
In non-democratic states elections in their true sense are abused by despotic leaders, but it seems that in European democracies, we are in danger of abusing it by forgetting the two sides of the act of electing representatives.
He gave the impression that the mere act of electing him would make things better.
And while it evokes the hope of a better tomorrow, it doesn't cast the mere act of electing Romney president as a kind of grand apotheosis in its own right, in the style of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign.
Here is how Bickel put the dilemma The root difficulty is that judicial review is a countermajoritarian force in our system....[W]hen the Supreme Court declares unconstitutional a legislative act or the act of an elected official it thwarts the will of the actual people of the here and now; it exercises control, not in behalf of the prevailing majority, but against it.
The answer, for Hand, lay in the separation of powers: courts should be independent and act on the legislation of elected governments.
Would you be in favor of a constitutional amendment establishing or rejecting once and for all the power of an unelected Supreme Court to veto acts of our elected Congress?
An individual who is at least 15 years of age, but under 18 years of age, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, may elect to have the old section 309(a) apply to the individual instead of the new section 309(a).
This modern version of a Homestead Act was sponsored by a range of elected members of Congress, from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats.
The military often acted on behalf of a class of elected officials and civil servants.
Unintentionally, the act may be further diminishing the role of elected representatives.
