OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 59620

snap election

/ˌsnæp ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
elecciones anticipadas
An election that is called earlier than the regularly scheduled election time.
A legislature should no more encourage and sustain snap elections, than a court should encourage and sustain snap judgment.
The echoes of the election of President by snap election ticket, which had been brewing sub rosa for almost a year, forced these views upon my mind.
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