AP Govt Ch. 8
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5 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 activists | people who tend to participate in all forms of politics |
| Australian ballot | government 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. |
| grandfather clause | clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867. |
| voting age population | citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement |
| white primary | the practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation |
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