Vocabulary
A person living in a state for only a short time, without legal residence
What is transient?
Voting machine, optical-scanning technology, direct response electronic voting machines, and mail
How do people cast their votes?
The first African-American woman chosen to run as Vice President
Who is Sen. Kamala Harris?
Supreme Court Justice known as Notorious R.B.G.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
An election to choose candidates or select delegates to a party convention
What is a primary election?
Person whose primary purpose is to ensure that their political party has a fair chance of winning an election
Who is a poll watcher?
The only first lady to be elected to public office
Who is Hillary Clinton?
The first woman ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
The U.S. constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
The Tuesday after the first Monday in November
What is National Election Day?
The first black woman elected into congress and to run for presidency
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first Hispanic woman appointed to the Supreme Court
Who is Justice Sonia Sotomayor?
Unfair drawing of district lines, giving a party or group the advantage
What is gerrymandering?
A voting district; the smallest area where elections are held
What are precincts ?
She is currently the youngest female member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Who is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a.k.a. AOC?
The number of women who are currently on the Supreme Court after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
What is two?
The body that formally selects the U.S. president
What is the electoral college?
The process by which people can vote without going to polling places on election day
What is absentee voting?
The first African-American female elected to the U.S. Senate
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
The current Supreme Court Nominee
Who is Amy Coney Barrett?