| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Universal Voting Requirements? | U.S. Citizen, 18 years old, resident of state for x amount of years |
| other voting requirements (some from the past)? | Registration, poll tax (banned by 24th amd.), literacy (no longer a requirement) |
| Precinct? | voting district |
| Polling place? | location where voting is carried out |
| Exit polls? | ask voters leaving polls how they voted--to predict winners asap |
| 4 Amendments dealing with voting? | 15th (no discrimination of race, previous servitude, or color), 19th (women), 24th (no poll tax), 26th (18 yrs old) |
| Gerrymandering? | drawing an oddly shpaed district to the benefit of a political party |
| Electoral College? | officially elects the Pres. & VP |
| Electoral votes in each state determined by... | # of reps + # of senators |
| NC has how many electoral votes? | 15 |
| Which state has the most electoral votes? | California (larges in pop.) |
| Total electoral votes? How? | 538 (435 reps, 100 sens, 3 DC from 23rd amd) |
| Votes to win presidency? | 270 (majority) |
| No majority? Who chooses Pres? VP? | HOR choose pres---Senate chooses VP |
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