Choose by voting (5)
I believe the answer is:
elect
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">choose by voting</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for elect that I've seen before include "Vote to put into power" , "special people" , "Choose by voting" , "Preferred" , "Return" .)