An election requires two or more candidates running in opposition.

New legislation brought in before the election required a party to run 50 candidate or suffer de-registration and lose its assets.

The 1911 general election required a second ballot if no candidate could achieve an absolute majority in the first round.

Yet elections require making choices, and the soap-opera-like finale to the race has made the choice easy.

Such elections, he noted, would require state legislation and a City Charter amendment.

Winning the presidential election will require much more than just faith, she recognizes.

Nonpartisan elections would also have required a minimum number of petition signatures, he added.

The elections require a logistical feat so complex that diplomats already predict a nightmare.

Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area.

Sleiman turned out to be the eventual consensus candidate, but his election required constitutional amendments allowing senior state officials to become president.