The phrase "avoid election" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the act of steering clear of participating in an election or avoiding the topic of elections altogether.
Example: "In order to maintain neutrality, the organization decided to avoid election discussions during the meeting."
Alternatives: "steer clear of elections" or "refrain from election".
"We are not going to avoid election fraud by staying at home watching TV".
Critics said the law would allow the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party to avoid election defeats by using its control of regional legislatures to bypass popular voting.
In one important specific change, the labor board will seek to avoid election delays by deferring a common form of litigation in which companies argue that some employees should not vote because they should be considered supervisors.
Russia's Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned a crucial section of a sweeping law that had severely restricted news coverage of election campaigns, and had even prompted some news organizations to avoid election coverage altogether for fear of being accused of bias and electioneering.
By doing so, they can vote by mail, and avoid Election Day obstacles -- a privilege affluent white voters have been using at far higher rates for years.
These delays were largely because the administration wanted to avoid election-year controversy.
How can anyone (including The Times's editorial board) therefore advise that "the public will probably need to wait until after the election to get its report," to avoid election-year politics?
Al Nahda even warned of violence, saying that the public might suspect that officials were trying to avoid elections altogether.
After Mr. Arafat's comments today, an adviser to Mr. Sharon, Raanan Gissin, suggested that Mr. Arafat was trying to use the Israelis as an excuse to avoid elections.
However one leading opposition figure said: "We think it is increasingly likely that the Independence party will pressure Sigmundur Davíð to resign to save their own skin, avoid elections, and hope that things calm down".
