Ch. 6: Voting (Magruder's American Government)

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Suffrage

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right to vote

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Franchise

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synonym for the right to vote

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electorate

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the potential voting population

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disenfranchised

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citizens denied the right to vote

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aliens

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foreign-born residents who have not become citizens are generally denied the right to vote in the country

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transients

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persons who plan to live in a State for only a short time, from gaining legal residence status there

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purging

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state law directs local election officials to review the lists of registered voters and to remove the names of those who are no longer eligible to vote

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poll books

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official lists of qualified voters in each precinct

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literacy

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a person's ability to read and write

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gerrymandering

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the practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party

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injunction

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a court order that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by a private individual or public official

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preclearance

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the prior approval by the US Justice department of any and all changes to election laws in certain states

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off-year elections

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congressional election that occurs between presidential election years

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ballot fatigue

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the phenomenon by which voters cast fewer votes for offices listed toward the bottom of the ballot

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political efficacy

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one's own influence or effectiveness on politics

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political socialization

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the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

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gender gap

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measurable differences between the partisan choices of men and women today

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party identification

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loyalty of people to a political party

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straight-ticket voting

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the practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election

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split-ticket voting

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voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election

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independents

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a term used to describe people who have no party affiliation

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13th amendment

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forbids slavery in the United States in any area under its control

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14th amendment

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provides for the acquisition of United States citizenship by birth or by naturalizationt

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15th amendment

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change to the US constitution that extended the right to vote to slaves and African Americans

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poll tax

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device requiring payment as a qualification for voting

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing

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registration

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general requirement for voting in which people are required to sign up before they are eligible to vote

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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important law passed by congress that eliminated the use of literacy tests as a voting qualification and increased the power of the national government to help victims of historical discrimination vote in elections