Voting
What is the minimum age required to vote in federal elections in the United States?
What is 18 years old?
Who became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Which local elected body is typically responsible for passing city laws and approving city budgets?
What is The City Council?
What type of election is held to determine which candidate from a political party will appear on the general election ballot?
What is A primary election?
What is Voter Mobilization?
What document do all states (except North Dakota) require you to complete before you can vote in an election?
What is A Voter Registration Form?
What organization was founded in 1909 to fight racial discrimination and advance civil rights through legal action?
What is The NAACP?
Who is generally responsible for proposing a city's budget and overseeing city departments?
Who is The Mayor?
What is the term for an election held to fill a vacant office before the next regularly scheduled election?
What is A special election?
What is the commitment made by an individual to participate in an upcoming election?
What is A Pledge to Vote?
What document do voters use to select candidates and vote on issues
What is a ballot?
What Black political organization, founded in Oakland CA in 1966, became known for community programs and advocacy against police brutality?
What is The Black Panther Party?
If residents want to influence a local law before it is passed, what public process can they often participate in?
What is A public hearing?
What system is used to elect the President of the United States rather than a direct national popular vote?
What is The Electoral College?
What is the term for direct outreach to community members through conversations, door-knocking, phone banking, etc?
What is canvassing?
What is the term for redrawing voting district boundaries in a way that benefits one political party or group?
What is Gerrymandering?
What was the name of Shirley Chishom's presidential campaign slogan?
What is "Unbought and Unbossed"?
What is the term for the official plan that determines how land can be used within a city or community?
What is Zoning (or zoning ordinance)?
What is the minimum number of electoral votes needed to win the U.S. presidency?
What is 270?
What does GOTV stand for?
What is Get Out The Vote?
What Supreme Court case weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013?
Who became the first Black person to serve as Secretary of State of the Unted States?
Who is Colin Powell?
What is the term for a law passed by a city or county government?
What is An Ordinance?
What constitutional amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators by voters?
What is the 17th Amendment?
What is the term for building support for a cause or movement through community members and local engagement?
What is grassroots organizing?