Playing "Cards"
Once upon a time it was proper etiquette to present one of these alliterative items during a social visit
A Calling Card
Sorry!,
Operation,
Battleship
Board Games
A bit under half the states offer SDR, short for same-day this, often Election Day
Registration
Oxford is called "The City of Dreaming Spires", while this other U.K. place is "The City of Perspiring Dreams"
Cambridge
The longest venomous snake is the king type of this
Cobra
In the U.S., the permanent resident card is more commonly called this
A Green Card
Affenpinscher,
Basenji,
German Spitz
Dogs
Oklahoma is among states to explicitly allow posting a photo of how you voted, commonly known as a "ballot" this
Selfie
Back when it was Constantinople, this Turkish city was known as "Second Rome"
This Canadian province is completely surrounded by water
Prince Edward Island
Joel McHale hosts the reboot of this classic game show
Card Sharks
Boater,
ushanka,
top
Hat
Astronauts are able to vote from the ISS, the ballots are encrypted & transmitted to a county clerk in this city, where Mission Control is
Houston
Looking down Capitol Boulevard, you can see why this U.S. city--whose French-derived name means "wooded"--is the "City of Trees"
Boise
In 1959 AT&T targeted women with this product that came in pastel colors
The Princess Phone
Women used to keep a list of prospective partners at a ball, hence this expression for a crammed schedule
Full Dance Card
Baku,
N'Djamena,
Phnom Penh
Bringing Sunday churchgoers to cast their votes after services is rhymingly called these "to the polls"
Souls
Once gently funned as "Brisvegas" for its anemic nightlife, it now prefers "Australia's New World City"
Brisbane
This novelist switched to his paternal ancestors in the book "Queen", with his enslaved grandma the title character
(Alex) Haley
Crawdad ends with a parent, as does this spice, a ginger family member that's big in Scandinavia
Cardamom
Greek,
ambrosia,
larb
Salads
Saying it was no longer needed, in 2013 the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of this law & its federal oversight
The Voting Rights Act
With the hub airport & some of the most glorious beaches of the French Riviera, it's the "City of Angels"
Nice
A 1938 performance by this "King of Swing" with his band marked one of the first-ever major integrated concerts
Benny Goodman