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citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement
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voting-age
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people who are registered to vote
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registered voters
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a requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register 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 no 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 case 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
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Why is there less voter participation in the US?
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In America, you have to figure out the registration process by yourself, in other countries, you are automatically registered when you come of age. Also, there are taxes if you don’t vote in other countries.
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What were the ways to deny African Americans the vote?
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Literacy tests, poll tax, suspend vote in primary, and harrassment
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What are the six types of citizens in terms of voter participation?
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Inactive, complete activists, voting specialists (only vote), campaigners (vote and get involved in campaigns), communalists (don’t like conflict in politics, prefer local work), parochial participants (don’t do any of the above, but contact officials if there is a personal problem)
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