ElectionTestPart1
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livexlaughx2525 on October 28, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Polls | a place where one goes to vote |
| Ballot | a sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote |
| 14th Amendment | Any elegible 21-year-old male could vote, even if he did not own land |
| 15th Amendment | you cannot be denied to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
| 19th Amendment | allowed women to vote |
| 23rd Amendment | allowed citizens of the district of columbia the right to vote for electors in the presidential and vice-presidential elections |
| Primaries | a preliminary election in which voters of each party moninate condidates to run for president |
| Direct Election | is one where your individual vote counts directly toward the candidate |
| Indirect Election | is one where citizens vote for electors who vote for the presidents |
| 24th Amendment | states could not require citizens to pay poll tax |
| 26th Amendment | lowered the voting age to 18 |
| Booth | a stall, compartment, or light structure used to vote in private |
| Candidates | a person who seeks an office, honor, etc. |
| Electoral College | a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the president or vice-president of the united states |
| Winner-Take-All System | the candidate who recieves the most popular votes, takes all of the votes |
| Senate | a legislative assembly of a state or nation |
| House of Representatives | the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies |
| Precinct | a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental administrative purposes |
| Poll watchers | someone who watches the polls to make sure the election is run fairly |
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