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18 Cards in this Set
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• Suffrage
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the right to vote
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• Franchise
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the right to vote
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• Electorate
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the number of eligible voters in the United States
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• Transient
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persons living in a state only for a short time
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• Registration
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a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting
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• Purging
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the process by which election officials review the voter registry and remove those who are no longer able to vote in an area
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• Poll Books
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the books that have the list of registered voters
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• Literacy
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a person’s ability to read or write
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• Poll Tax
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several states require a tax for the ability to vote in an election until the 14th Amendment
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• Gerrymandering
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the practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group
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• Injunction
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court order that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official
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• Preclearance
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no new election laws and no changes to existing election laws could go into effect without approval by Dept. of Justice
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• Off-Year Election
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the congressional elections held in the even-numbered years between presidential elections
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• Political Socialization
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the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions
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• Party Identification
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the loyalty of people to a particular political party
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• Straight-ticket voting
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practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election
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• Split-ticket Voting
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practice of voting for the candidates of more than one party in an election
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• Independents
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used to identify people who have no party affiliation
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