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Voting and Elections
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15th Amendment
• States that no state may take away a person’s voting rights on the basis of race, color or previous enslavement
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19th Amendment
• Protects the right of women to vote in all national and state elections
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Voting Eligibility
• At least 18 years old• Resident of the state registered in• Citizen of the United States• Not have been convicted of a serious crime
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Polling Place
• The location where voting is carried out– Usually in public buildings such as schools,
churches or libraries
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Precinct
• A voting district that contains a certain number of voters
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Ballot
• A list of candidates and issues a voter uses to cast their vote
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Florida 2000 Election
• Election between George W. Bush and Al Gore came down to Florida
• “Butterfly ballots” confused many voters who accidentally chose a different candidate
• “Hanging chads” were partially punched cards that had to be hand checked for accuracy
• George W. Bush eventually won Florida and the election
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Straight Ticket
• Voting for all the candidates in one political party
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Split Ticket
• Voting for some candidates from one party and some from another
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Absentee Ballot
• A way for people to vote who cannot get to the polls– Must be requested before Election Day and then
mail it in
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Returns
• Voting results
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Exit Poll
• A survey taken at polling places of how people voted– Allows specialists to predict winners before all
votes are counted
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“Dewey Defeats Truman”
• Headline for the November 2, 1948 Chicago Tribune
• Incorrectly stated that Thomas E. Dewey had defeated Harry S. Truman
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Electorate
• All the people who are eligible to vote
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Apathy
• A lack of interest that prevents some citizens from voting
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Types of Elections
• Primary • General• Issues• Special
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Primary Election
• A preliminary election in which voters of each party nominate candidates for office
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General Election
• A regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders.
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Issues Election
• An election in which voters vote on new laws or constitutional amendments
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Special Election
• When voters are asked to vote for a unplanned election such as a runoff election and a recall election
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Runoff Election
• A special election in which no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the general election
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Recall Election
• A special election in which citizens vote to remove a public official from office
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Initiative
• A way citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments
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Proposition
• A proposed law that is put on the ballot at a general election
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Referendum
• When citizens petition to have a law sent back to the voters for their approval
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Election Process
• 1) Nomination of candidate• 2) Campaign• 3) Vote
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Electoral College
• A group of people selected by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
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Winner-take-all
• System in which the candidate who wins the popular vote for a state receives all of the state’s electoral votes
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Canvassing
• When candidates or their representatives travel through neighborhoods asking for votes or public opinion polls
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Endorsement
• When a famous person supports or campaigns for a candidate
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Propaganda
• Information designed to influence opinion or promote a particular person or idea
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Federal Election Campaign Finance Act
• Established– Individual limits on donations– Created the Federal Election Commission– Forces public disclosure of each candidate’s
spending– Limited the amount of hard money that could be
given to a candidate
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Hard Money
• Donations given to a specific candidate for their campaign
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Soft Money
• Donations given to political parties that are not designated for a particular candidate’s election campaign
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Incumbent
• Politicians who currently hold the position being voted for
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House of Representatives
• Elect the president if neither candidate wins a majority of electoral votes
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