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The nature of democracy is that elected officials are accountable to the people, and they must return to the voters at prescribed intervals to seek their mandate to continue in office.

For that reason most democratic constitutions provide that elections are held at fixed regular intervals.

In the United States, elections are held between every three and six years in most states, with exceptions such as the U. S. House of Representatives, which stands for election every two years.

There is a variety of schedules, for example presidents: the President of Ireland is elected every seven years, the President of Russia and the President of Finland every six years, the President of France every five years, President of United States every four years.