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voting-age population
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The citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching a minimum age requirement. In the United States a citizen must be at least 18 in order to vote.
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registered voters
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People who are registered to vote.
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motor-voter law
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A bill passed by Congress in 1993 to make it easier for Americans to register to vote. The law, which went into effect in 1995, requires states to allow voter reg by mail, when one applies for a driver's license, and at stat offices that serve the disabled and poor.
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literacy tests
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A requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register to vote. Established to keep blacks from voting.
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poll tax
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A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to vote.
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grandfather clause
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A clause added to registration laws allowing people who did not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867 (before blacks were allowed).
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white primary
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A practice of keeping blacks from voting in primary elections through arbitrary implementation of reg requirements and intimidation.
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Australian ballot
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A gov't-printed ballot of uniform size and shape to be cast in secret that was adopted by many states around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud associatedwith party-printed ballots cast in public.
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activists
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Individuals, usually outside of gov't, who actively promote a political party, philosophy, or issue they care about.
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