Ap Us Gov. Terms From Chapter 8 Of American Government

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Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement.

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voting-age population

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People who are registered to vote.

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registered voters

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A requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote.

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literacy test

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A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote.

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poll tax

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A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867.

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grandfather clause

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The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation.

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white primary

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A government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public.

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Australian ballot

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People who tend to participate in all forms of politics.

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activists