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Vocabulary
Qualifying to vote
Steps in voting
Why your vote matters
100
A lack of interest.
What is APATHY?
100
Who couldn't vote during the early years? (List 3)
What is Women, African American Males, Native Americans, People who didn't own property, and people who were under 21.
100
The two most common voting machines.
What is the punch card, and lever machine
100
True or False: Does your vote matter?
What is True
200
All the people who are eligible to vote.
What is ELECTORATE?
200
At the first election only these people were allowed to vote.
White men, that were property owners.
200
A paper ballot that listed the candidates across from each other instead of vertically.
What is butterfly ballot
200
List three reasons why people don't vote.
What is they don't meet the requirements, they haven't registered after moving, or they feel that their vote doesn't make a difference.
300
A survey taken at polling places of how people voted
What is EXIT POLL?
300
The amendment that granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
300
List the three people who typically use a absentee ballot.
Who is people who are out of town, people who are too sick to make it to the polls, and people serving in the military.
300
List three reasons that you should vote.
What is they get a chance to help choose government officials, it allows them to voice their opinion, and allows them to elect political leaders.
400
The Term for ballots or results of an election
What is RETURNS?
400
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment
400
Sometimes TV networks will try to predict who will win even when there is as little as ____ percent of the votes counted.
What is 10
400
Candidates have won by as little as ____ votes.
What is 200
500
A ballot that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day.
What is ABSENTEE BALLOT?
500
What requirements do first time voters have.
Show proof of citizenship, address, and age
500
When you use this ticket, you vote for every candidate within a certain party.
What is a straight ticket
500
Which elections are most important to vote at.
What is local elections