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19 Cards in this Set
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suffrage
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right to vote
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electorate
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potential voting population
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transients
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short-time residents
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registration
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registered to vote and means of identification
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purging
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removing non-eligible voters
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poll books
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official list of all qualified voters in each precinct
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literacy
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ability to read or write
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poll tax
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tax to vote qualification
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gerrymandering
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drawing electoral district lines, the boundaries of the geographic area from which a candidate is elected to a public office, in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group/party
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injunction
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court order that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by private individual or by a public official
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preclearance
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first approved
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off-year elections
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congressional elections held in even-numbered years between presidential elections
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political efficacy
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lack of feeling influential
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political socialization
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der
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gender gap
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der
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party identification
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der
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straight-ticket voting
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voting for only one party
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split-ticket voting
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der
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independents
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