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17 Cards in this Set
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Principle |
Basic Belief |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote |
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Register |
To record or enroll |
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Polling Place |
The location where voting is carried out |
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Ballot |
The list of candidates for which you cast your vote |
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Voter Turnout rate |
Percentage of eligible voters who can actually vote |
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Apathy |
A lack of interest |
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Issues |
A matter of debate or dispute |
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Initiative |
A procedure by which citizens can propose new laws |
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Referendum |
A way for citizens to vote on state or local laws |
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Recall |
A special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office |
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Electoral College |
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the Vice president and the President |
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Popular Vote |
The votes cast by individual voters in a presidential election opposed to the electoral college |
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winner take all system |
a system in which the candidate who won the popular vote in a state usually wins the electoral college |
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Pursue |
to try to reach or attain |
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Canvass |
to seek votes from voters |
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PAC |
Political organization established by a corporation, laborunion, or other special interest group designed to support candidates bycontributing money |
