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Nuclear option
Nuclear option (also constitutional option): US Senate maneuver letting a simple majority end filibusters or change cloture practice via point of order, chair ruling, and tabling; used 2013 for nominations and 2017 for Supreme Court.
One Nation, One Election
One Nation, One Election is a proposed Indian electoral reform to hold Lok Sabha and state assembly elections simultaneously. The 2024 bill failed to pass the Lok Sabha.
Reform of the United States Senate
Reform of the United States Senate covers changes and proposals on the chamber's election, apportionment, and procedure, including the 1913 Seventeenth Amendment's direct election, filibuster and cloture reform, reorganization acts, and apportionment and abolition proposals.
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment (1913) replaced election of U.S. senators by state legislatures with direct popular election, adding vacancy procedures; ratified April 8, 1913, first popular elections 1914.
Spitzenkandidat
Spitzenkandidat (German, lead candidate): EU practice since 2014 in which European parties nominate candidates for Commission President, meant to let the winning party's nominee take the post, applied to Juncker in 2014, bypassed in 2019, and followed in von der Leyen's 2024 re-election.