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couldn't be elected dogcatcher

So unpopular or unqualified as to be unable to be elected to even the lowliest role. A hyperbolic phrase, especially since animal control officers are appointed, not elected. Primarily heard in US. He wants to be mayor? Ha, that incompetent fool couldn't be elected dogcatcher! The former senator was forced out of office in disgrace. Now she couldn't be elected dogcatcher.
See also: dogcatcher, elect

couldn't get elected dogcatcher

So unpopular or unqualified as to be unable to be elected to even the lowliest role. A hyperbolic phrase, especially since animal control officers are appointed, not elected. Primarily heard in US. He wants to be mayor? Ha, that incompetent fool couldn't be elected dogcatcher!
See also: dogcatcher, elect, get

elect to (something)

To vote someone into a particular position or office. A noun or pronoun can be used between "elect" and "to." I had hoped to be elected to the student government, but a more popular boy beat me out.
See also: elect, to
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

elect someone (as) something

to select someone to be something by ballot. We elected her as our representative. She was elected as our president.

elect someone to something

to select someone to be a member of something by ballot; to select someone to be an officer in something by ballot. We elected you to office, so do your job. Tom was elected to the congress.
See also: elect, to
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Thus, the regulations do not require a current-year transfer to the trust for which the termination statement is being filed, nor do they require a gift tax return to otherwise be filed in the year a taxpayer elects to terminate a previous election out.
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Thus, split gifts made by the transferor's spouse are now listed separately in Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule A, Facilitating the ability to elect out of the deemed-allocation rules for split gifts that are direct skips or lifetime redirect-skip transfers.
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An "active trader" in securities therefore can elect to recognize gain or loss on any security held in connection with his trade or business as a trader at the close of the tax year, as if that security was sold for its fair market value on the last business day of that tax year, and thus take into account the gain or loss for the year.
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In addition, if the spouse who files as married filing separately elects to itemize deductions, may the spouse who files as head of household claim the standard deduction for head of household status?
Married taxpayer, filing as unmarried head of household, may use full standard deduction
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Taxation of bond discounts and premiums
If the corporation elects to use the specific accounting method, all the shareholders affected by the stock disposition must consent.
Tax opportunities associated with stock received from an estate
Also, if a shareholder owns brother-sister S corporations, contributes stock of one to the other and elects QSSS status for the new subsidiary, the step-transaction doctrine may make this group of transactions taxable.
Current developments
Once a taxpayer elects the HAR, it may use that method for the next five years, after which the taxpayer must compute its actual absorption ratio under the applicable simplified method for one year.
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