The phrase "elective position" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a political or professional position that is filled through an election process, rather than being appointed or automatically inherited. You can use the phrase "elective position" whenever you are referring to a specific position of authority or responsibility that is chosen through a voting process. This can include positions at the national, state, or local level, as well as positions within organizations or companies. Example: Lisa ran for an elective position on the school board, hoping to make positive changes to the education system.
"I thought he should go for some other elective position first.
"I think before we decide that we are going to eliminate forever an elective position," Mr. Sanders said, "we ought to take some care".
The president of the medical staff at Christ Hospital, Dr. George Ciechanowski, has been removed from the prestigious elective position by colleagues who oppose a government plan for malpractice insurance reform, which he favors.
His father had been El Paso County judge, an elective position, from 1982 to 1986 and was running for the position again in 1998 after switching parties from Democrat to Republican.
Meanwhile, visitors have kept streaming into his office, including his old friend Toby Moffett, the former Connecticut congressman who is a Washington lobbyist and something of a cautionary tale for any politician who believes that he is likely to stay in the House or in any other elective position for as long as he wants.
Notwithstanding the Constitution's Article II, Section 26, which promotes the equal access to opportunities for public service and the prohibition of political dynasties, the right to hold an elective position has remained limited to those who are popular, who can finance costly election campaign, and who have the strategic network of supporters who can keep their political machinery functioning.
Next year, Kenya will hold a national elections for all elective positions.
Officials are ineligible for state elective positions for four years thereafter, with the exception of the lieutenant governor, who may run for governor.
Mendoza and Preckwinkle have ties to the city's political establishment: Preckwinkle as a five-term alderman who now leads the county's Democratic Party and Mendoza serving in various elective positions for nearly two decades.
Largely as the result of men behaving badly and forced to leave office, 2010 ended with four of the six statewide elective positions filled by politicians who were not the people's choices.
However, additional pledges to cut government costs and reduce the number of elective positions in Parliament and elsewhere have yet to be enacted, further fueling public disaffection with the ruling class.
