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Generally a matter of choice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

election

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'choice' is the definition.
(I know that election is a type of choice)

'generally a matter' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'matter' could be 'ion' (ion is a kind of matter) and 'ion' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'elect' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for election that I've seen before include "Polling process" , "Time for political change" , "Selection by ballot" , "Time to vote" , "Process of choosing a government" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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