5 Written Questions

1. the infrastructure is not ready for e-voting, not everyone can afford computers, undermine the basic principles of equality, digital disaster, jammed phone lines, blocked access, hackers, viruses, fraudulent vote counts, etc
2. 27 states use this, only declare party members can vote, party membership is registration, names are checked against the poll books and each is handed the primary ballot of the party
3. involved punch-card ballots, changed to paper ballot which were counted by optical screeners and touch-screen
4. first convention to nominate a presidential candidate was held by minor party, over the years it has turned from caucus to convention to today direct primary
5. prevents one party from "raiding" the other's primary in hope of nominating weaker candidates, makes candidates more responsive, helps make voters more thoughtful

5 Matching Questions

1. coattail effect
2. 5 steps of the nomination process
3. formula for elections
4. pro to vote-by-mail
5. open private primary

1. a first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of even numbered years, Congressional every 2 years, Presidential every 4 years
2. b occurs when a strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party's ticket, the lesser known office seeker "rides the coattail" of the more prestigious personality
3. c self announcement, caucus, convention, direct primary, petition
4. d voters are given 2 ballots and they can choose which party they want to vote for
5. e process usually increases voter turnout in elections and reduces cost on conduction

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a place where the voters who live in the precinct actually vote, precinct election board supervises the place and voting process and make sure ballots are available and only qualified voters cast ballots
   1. nomination
   2. ballot
   3. polling place
   4. open primary
2. not forced in some states to make party preference know in public, tendency to exclude independent voters is eliminated
   1. pros for open primary
   2. cons for open primary
   3. pros for closed primary
   4. cons for closed primary
3. intra-party election held within a party to pick that party's candidates for the general election
   1. direct primary
   2. open primary
   3. closed primary
   4. runoff primary
4. a way to cast your vote without going to the polling place, any qualified voter can cast an absentee ballot, apply for a absentee ballot weeks before election
   1. ballot
   2. absentee ballot
   3. sample ballots
   4. australian ballot
5. a group of like-minded people who meet to select candidates they will support in the upcoming election, used in early times for state offices, still used in New England to make local nominations
   1. petition
   2. convention
   3. caucus
   4. ballot

5 True/False Questions

1. petition → used widely at the local level, candidates are nominated by means of petitions signed by a certain number of qualified voters in election district, required by state law

   True        False

2. three types of automated voting → Thomas Edison patented the first voting machine, first mechanical device for the casting and counting of votes

   True        False

3. party-column ballot → first used in Victoria in 1856, basic form of ballot we use today, list the names of candidates in elections, given out only at the polls, marked in secret

   True        False

4. direct primary → 23 states use this, any qualified voter can cast ballot

   True        False

5. cons for vote-by-mail → process threatens the principle of secret ballots, possibilities to mark ballots at home or any other place than the booth

   True        False