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appointive

adjective as in electoral

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“Is it really an appointive process if there’s a vote being taken?” said Judge Roderick Young, a Trump appointee.

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“It is my understanding that ‘appointive office’ as used in RCW. 77.04.040 does not include a volunteer position like a planning commission member who serves in an advisory capacity only.

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Mr. Dinkins was a cautious, deliberate Harlem Democrat who climbed to City Hall through relatively minor elective and appointive offices.

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Comey: I think I’m done in governments, certainly in an appointive role, I would never run for office, but an appointed role in government.

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In fact, Bush rose in the Party because of electoral, not appointive, politics.

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