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A poster encouraging people to vote in Israel’s 2022 General Election. The slogan says “If you don’t wake up, a surprise awaits you in the morning. On 1 November go out to vote for what’s important to you.” A shocked man is in bed next to the smiling features of the leader of Israel’s religious-right, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
This poster is in Nazareth, an almost entirely Arab city, and was presumably aimed at countering what had traditionally been low turnout among Arabs in Israel’s elections. 2022, however, like most recent elections, saw high Arab voter participation, and Ben-Gvir entered government anyway.
He's always been busy during election seasons.
He's always had alot to say, or a lot to write, but
it's always been facts and figures without passion.
This time, he's gotten to play. He's been able to
just be him and say and write what's on his mind.
I think he's had fun.
Scenes from the White House and Downtown Washington DC during the 2020 Presidential election. As of 11-4, President Trump is attempting to delegitimize and steal the election with his team of lawyers.
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I was on a brake between assignments with the railroad. There was a roll of film that had a few shots left so I decided to grab the camera and take a walk from Union Station, down Pennsylvania Avenue to the The Ellipse, just out side of the south lawn of The White House. I wanted to document the mood during this important day in our nations capitol.
On Sunday August 15, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap federal election, after a short meeting with new Governor-General, Mary Simon.
Trudeau and his Liberal Party are currently in power with a minority government and he hopes to win a majority in the 338 seat Parliament. He is also counting on his government's handling (to date) of the Covid-19 pandemic response to catapult his party to victory.
It is unusual that it is a five-week election with voting day being September 20. Under the Canada Elections Act, the average length of a Canadian federal election ranges from a minimum of 36 days to a maximum of 50 days. There have been exceptions of course.
Pictures at the top are the leaders of the six major national parties in Canada.
From left:
PM Justin Trudeau- Liberal Party
Maxime Bernier - People's Party of Canada
Erin O'Toole - Conservative Party of Canada
Yves-François Blanchet - Bloc Québecois (a Québec-centric party)
Annamie Paul - Green Party
Jagmeet Singh - New Democratic Party
In total, Canada has 18 registered national political parties.
John 15:16 (ESV)
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Elect, Election.
In modern English, terms referring to the selection of a leader or representative by a group of people. An element of choice is involved, since usually there are several candidates out of whom one must be chosen.
When the verb “elect” is used theologically in the Bible, it usually has God as its subject. In the OT it is used for God’s choice of Israel to be his people (cf. Acts 13:17). Israel became God’s people, not because they decided to belong to him, but because he took the initiative and chose them. Nor did God’s choice rest on any particular virtues that his people exemplified, but rather on his promise to their forefather Abraham (Dt 7:7, 8). God also chose their leaders, such as Saul and David (1 Sm 10:24; 2 Sm 6:21), apart from any popular vote by the people. The word thus indicates God’s prerogative in deciding what shall happen, independently of human choice.
The same thoughts are found in the NT. God’s people are described as his “elect” or “chosen ones,” a term used by Jesus when speaking of the future time when the Son of man will come and gather together God’s people (Mk 13:20, 27). He will vindicate them for their sufferings and for their patience in waiting for his coming (Lk 18:7). In 1 Peter 2:9 God’s people are called an “elect nation.” This phrase was originally used of the people of Israel (Is 43:20), and it brings out the fact that the people of God in the OT and the Christian church in the NT stand in continuity with each other; the promises addressed to Israel now find fulfillment in the church.
In Romans 9–11 Paul discusses the problem of why the people of Israel as a nation have rejected the gospel, while the Gentiles have accepted it. He states that in the present time there is a “remnant” of Israel as a result of God’s gracious choice of them. This group is called “the elect.” They are the chosen people who have obtained what was meant for Israel as a whole, while the greater mass of the people have failed to obtain it because they were “hardened” as a result of their sin (Rom 11:5, 7).
Nevertheless, God’s choice of Israel to be his people has not been cancelled. Most Jewish people have aligned themselves against the gospel, so that the Gentiles may come in and receive God’s blessings in their place; but they still remain beloved by God, and God will not go back on his original calling of them (Rom 11:28). Consequently Paul is confident that in due time there will be a general return to God by the people of Israel.
The word translated “elect” is generally found in the plural and refers either to the members of God’s people as a whole or to those in a particular local church (Rom 8:33; Col 3:12; 1 Thes 1:4; 2 Tm 2:10; Ti 1:1; 1 Pt 1:1; 2 Pt 1:10; Rv 17:14; Rom 16:13 and 2 Jn 13 have the singular form). The use of the plural may partly be explained by the fact that most of the NT letters are addressed to groups of people rather than to individuals. More probably, however, the point is that God’s election is concerned with the creation of a people rather than the calling of isolated individuals.
The use of the word “election” emphasizes that membership of God’s people is due to God’s initiative, prior to all human response, made before time began (Eph 1:4; cf. Jn 15:16, 19). It is God who has called men and women to be his people, and those who respond are elect. God’s call does not depend on any virtues or merits of humankind. Indeed, he chooses the foolish things by worldly standards to shame the wise, the weak to confound the strong, and the low and insignificant to bring to nothing those who think that they are something (1 Cor 1:27, 28). The effect of election is to leave no grounds whatever for human boasting in achievement and position. Whatever the elect are, they owe entirely to God, and they cannot boast or compare themselves with other people.
God’s elect are a privileged people. Since they now have God to uphold them, no one can bring any accusation against them that might lead to God’s condemnation (Rom 8:33). They constitute a royal priesthood; they are God’s servants with the right of access to him (1 Pt 2:9). It is for their sake that the apostles endured hardship and suffering, so that they might enjoy future salvation and eternal glory (2 Tm 2:10).
The elect are distinguished by their faith in God (Ti 1:1), and they are called to show the character that befits God’s people (Col 3:12). They must make their calling and election sure; that is, they must show that they belong to God by the quality of their lives (2 Pt 1:10). They must continue being faithful to the One who called them (Rv 17:14).
The relationship between God’s call and human response is explained in Matthew 22:14: “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Although God calls many through the gospel, only some of those respond to the call and become his elect people. The text sheds no light on the mystery of why only some become God’s people. Certainly, when a person does respond to God’s call, it is because the gospel comes to him or her “in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction” (1 Thes 1:4, 5). When men and women refuse the gospel, it is because they have become hardened as a result of sin and their trust in their own works. Scripture does not go beyond that point in explanation, and neither should Christians.
“Election” can also be used of God’s choice of people to serve him. Jesus chose the 12 disciples out of the larger company of those who followed him (Lk 6:13; Acts 1:2). The same thought reappears in John’s Gospel; Jesus commented that although he chose the 12, one of them turned out to be a devil (Jn 6:70; 13:18). When a replacement was needed for Judas, the church prayed to Jesus and asked him to show them which of the two available candidates he would choose to fill the gap in the 12 (Acts 1:24). Peter attributes his evangelism among the Gentiles to God’s “election” of him for that purpose (Acts 15:7). Similarly, Paul was an elected instrument for God’s mission to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15). The initiative in Christian mission rests with God, who elects people to serve him in particular ways.
Jesus is called “God’s Chosen” (Lk 9:35; cf. the taunt in Lk 23:35). The heavenly voice at Jesus’ transfiguration spoke in language that echoed Isaiah 42:1 and identified Jesus as God’s Servant, chosen to do his work of bringing light to the nations. In the same way, Jesus is a “chosen cornerstone” (1 Pt 2:4, 6; cf. Is 28:16).
In the teaching of Augustine and Calvin, the doctrine of election is of fundamental importance. They taught that God had chosen before the creation of the world to save a number of specific individuals from sin and judgment and to give them eternal life. Those whom he chose did nothing to deserve it; their merits are no better than the rest of humankind who will be judged for their sins. But in his mercy God decided to save some; therefore, he chose them and sent Jesus to be their Savior. The Holy Spirit regenerates and brings to faith through an “effectual calling” those whom God has elected. God’s Spirit effectively persuades each of them to submit to the gospel, so they are guaranteed recipients of eternal life.
This choice by God selectively to save some may seem unjust. But in fact, God is not obliged to show mercy to anybody; he is free to show mercy as he pleases. People cannot protest that because they were not the elect, they never had a chance of being saved. They never deserved that chance anyway. But anybody who hears the gospel and responds to it with faith can know that he is one of the elect. Whoever rejects the gospel has only his own sinfulness to blame.
Many Christians reject that explanation of God’s election. They maintain that although it appears to be logically consistent with Scripture, it makes God the prisoner of his own plan. His predestination of certain individuals to salvation commits him personally to a detailed, predetermined, unilateral course of action that reduces human action to a charade and renders it insignificant. God ceases to be a person dealing with persons.
The Augustinian and Calvinist view of election, according to its critics, also makes God out to be arbitrary in his choice of the elect. In effect, chance becomes the arbiter of human destiny rather than a holy and loving God. Those difficulties arise because, they say, the teaching of Scripture has been pressed into an artificial logical system that distorts it.
Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 681–683.
Elections in Germany are over and now the parties have to look for possible coalitions. I'm not really happy about the results of the elections. It seems that a real change to more social equity and ecological sustainability will not come.
Monday, 27 September 2021
all over morocco there were these wonderful spray-painted icons and numbers. i think it is a calendar of some type. please clue me in if you know!
i think it may have something to do with the elections:
riadzany.blogspot.com/2009/06/moroccan-elections.html
In a country with high illiteracy, party symbols take on increased importance.Some of the significant parties advertising on this wall include: PAM (the blue tractor), PJD ( the black lantern), and Istiqlal (the scale).
A view of the bridge with different colour flag, however one thing i wish to add is politics is getting hopeless...
May 3, 2016 is the Presidential Election in Indiana. (Republican) Trump wins big, Cruz drops out, and Bernie Sanders wins over Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party. What a day!
"Luton, normally a very sensible constituency with a high proportion of people who aren't a bit silly, has gone completely ga-ga."
Local election rally Bacolod City Philippines.
Elections for the members of Congress and local positions (except Barangay officials) occur every second Monday of May every third year after May 1992, and presidential and vice presidential elections occur every second Monday of May every sixth year after May 1992. All elected officials, except those at the Barangay level, start (and end) their terms of office on June 30 of the election year.
Election small talks. Next to the Medina, Tunisia. This is time for presidential elections in Tunisia, some people were quite demonstrative about it.
Don't forget to VOTE today! These cookies were made by my daughter and three boys for their class project. They are having a "cookie election" at the school. I'm so proud - these had to be made while I was gone, so I stayed up the entire night before my flight and baked and partially decorated a bunch and gave them some they had to decorate all the way and then I made some special cookies to fill in. My daughter was in charge of teaching them to pipe. They had a great time and the boys were super proud of the cookies! What a fun way to learn about the electoral system.