State Elections
Citizens who know they will not be able to vote at the polls on election day can request one of these.
What is an absentee ballot?
The general election doesn't elect the President, it elects the states...
What is an electors?
A group organized to raise and spend money to elect or defeat candidates
What is a Political Acton Committee (PAC)?
If a Republican controlled legislature redraws the Congressional district to break up and dilute minority votes, they have done this.
What is gerrymandering?
When none of the candidates for an office wins a majority of the votes in a primary, you'll need one of these.
What is a "run off"?
These are meant to convince the public to vote for a certain candidate.
What is a campaign?
The winner isn't the general winner, but the party nominee and the winner of one of these...
It ensure election transparency and prevents cheating in elections.
What is campaign finance laws?
The purpose of this is to ensure the minorities and underserved citizens have a chance to elect one of their own to represent them, not an old, white guy.
What is a minority district?
According to the Constitution, which level of government is responsible for holding elections for US Congress and the President?
What is the State governments?
To ensure that eligible voters can vote in an election, they must first do this.
What is register to vote?
Congratulations Mr. President-elect, you won an absolute majority in this.
What is the electoral college?
This is an easy way to spread misinformation to the public.
What is social media?
Candidate Q doesn't like the his chances of winning so he tells his supporters to make sure they stop anyone they think isn't registered to vote a tell them to leave.
What is voter intimidation?
Anyone can run a campaign, but a successful campaign needs this from donors (supporters).
What is funding?
These are held to select federal, state, and local officials or to vote on ballot initiatives and referendums.
What is a general election?
To be a party's presidential nominee you have to win a lot of primaries and caucuses before being nominated at this event.
What is a party's national convention?
Everyone has it, but this group is also supposed to be the news.
What is the media?
Arkansas has a law requiring all voters to pay a fee to be able to vote. This is an example of what?
What is voter suppression?
Voters choose their party's candidate at this election.
What is a primary election?
What is a voter ID law?
What do you call a state that could be one by either presidential candidate.
What is a swing state?
This term describes the media's role when choosing which political stories to report.
What is Gatekeeping?
Holding rallies, bussing people to the voting booth, calling registered voters and flyers reminding voters to vote in a coming election is called this.
What is "get out the vote"?
The process the voters use to propose and pass new laws directly is called this.
What is a ballot initiative?