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15 Cards in this Set
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15th Amendment
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Gave blacks the right to vote
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19th amendment
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Gave women the right to vote
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24th amendmemt
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Removed poll tax
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Voting rights act 1965
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Required absentee ballots, allowing to sue election officials, required bilingual ballots
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26 amendment
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Lower voting age from 21 to 18
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Motor voter law 1993
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Any federal building must have voter registration cards to increase voter registration and participation. No big change.
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Gerrymandering
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Intentionally changing single party districts to dilute the vote
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Single member district
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One representative with roughly equal population to other districts, and can only be voted on by members of the district, the lines drawn by state legislature
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Goal of an election
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To get to the general election ballot
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How major parties get on ballot
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Primary- choosing best person to represent the party
Primary run off- only those who vote in primary vote here and just a majority vote General election |
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Minor parties and bllota
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Minor party must have 5%-19% of electoral votes to be allowed in ballot
Causes- political party meeting that debates candidates and has in house votes |
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Independent ballot
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Sore loser law-abiding can't run as an independent if you lost a major party Primary
Must pay filing fee Nominations petition 1% of last governor election by registered voters within the time limit. |
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Three types of pres candidate ballots
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Primary
Caucus Texas two step |
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Two types of delegates
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Pledged
Unpledged |
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Importance of super Tuesday
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When 25 States have voted and the votes all count and you usually can tell the Canadian by then
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