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voting age population citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching a minimum age requirement. registered voters people who are registered to vote. while almost all adult american citizens are theoretically eligible to vote, only those who have completed a registration form by the required date may do so motor-voter law a bill passed by congress in 1993 to make it easier for americans to register to vote. this law that went into effect in 1995, requires states to allow voter registration by mail, when one applies for a driver's license, and at state offices that serve the disabled poor literacy tests a requirement that citizens pass a test in order to register to vote. established by many states to prevent former slaves from voting. illiterate whites were allowed to vote by a "grandfather clause" added to the law saying that a person could vote, even though he did not meet the legal requirements, i f he or his ancestors voted before 1867 poll tax a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote. it was adopted by many states to prevent former slaves from voting. grandfather clause a clause added to registration laws allowing people who did not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867 (before African Americans could vote). this was to exempt poor and illiterate whites from registration requirements established to keep former slaves from voting. white primary the practice of keeping african americans from voting in primary elections through arbitrary implementation of registration requirements and intimidation. such practices were declared unconstitutional in 1944 Australian ballot a govt-printed ballot of uniform size and shape to be cast in secret that was adopted by many states around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public activist individuals, usually outside of government, who actively promote a political party, philosophy, or issue they care about