The phrase "authority to elect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is granted the power or right to make decisions regarding elections or selections.
Example: "The board has the authority to elect new members during the annual meeting."
Alternatives: "power to choose" or "right to select".
It also supports a call by mental health charities for every local authority to elect a mental health champion.
In particular, it said, the People's Consultative Assembly is the highest law in the land, with authority to elect and remove the president.
John became embroiled in a dispute with the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, who had the authority to elect the archbishop of Canterbury, the primate of England.
According to the three delegates, the committee has also agreed on the basic powers of the legislature, including the National Assembly's authority to elect the prime minister, his cabinet and the president.
"Usually you don't have a situation where the controlling shareholder winds up in this type of irreconcilable conflict with a board that the shareholder arguably has the authority to elect".
As it progressed, some delegates publicly demanded that the congress should be given the authority to elect the general secretary and the head of the Central Commission for Inspection.
A major 1998 law governing village elections ducked the central unresolved issue, at once granting substantial authority to elected committees and noting the leading role of the party branch.
This gives ultimate authority to elected politicians rather than clerics.
Weeks of deadly street protests in April forced Gyanendra to give up direct control of the government, reinstate Parliament and return political authority to elected officials.
Because the U.S. is a democratic republic, citizens vote on candidates for public office and big issues, delegating most of their authority to elected policy makers.
Traditionally, stockholders have had limited influence and the authority only to elect a small number of members who sit on a company's board of directors.
