Elections for representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives are held every two years. Elections take place in November, and there is usually one Republican candidate and one Democratic candidate on the ballot. How are candidates chosen to appear on the ballot?

United States of America normally went through different electoral processes or phases before reaching or picking the final candidate to represent their parties; (often times, the two biggest party in the United States) Democrats and Republicans.

The nomination process by the parties often involves the following:

1. An individual interested to hold an elected office, will first ensure or provide that s/he has a good number of public supports, which can be proved by showing the collection of signatures of minimum amount of registered voters before the go ahead to appear on ballot paper.

2. Candidate are often times nominated by the party CAUCUS or in the case of Presidential position, candidates are seleted through deegates of the party.

3. In cases where there are more than one candidate from the same party vying for the same position, Primary Election in the party will determines who represent the party in the General Election.

Then, together with such individual or candidate satisfying all other electoral qualifications or requirements, such candidate will now be chosen to appear on the ballot paper.