Chapter 7 Test Flashcards
how does self announcement work?
a person running for office simply announces that fact
how does caucus work?
a group of mind-like people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election
how does a convention work?
a party’s members meet in a local caucus to pick candidates for local offices and, at the same time, to select delegates to represent them at a county convention
how does a direct primary work?
held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election
how does a closed primary work?
a party’s nominating election in which only declared party members can vote
how does an open primary work?
a party’s nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot
how does a petition work?
candidates for public office are nominated by means of petitions signed by a certain required number of qualified voters in the election district
what is voice voting?
in the nation’s earlier history, voters simply stated their choices to an election board
what is early paper ballots?
voters can apply for an absentee ballot some weeks before an election, then mark those ballots of and return them to the local election office
what are Australian ballots?
1) printed at public expense
2) it lists the names of all the candidates in an election
3) it is given out only at the polls, one to each qualified voter, and it is marked in secret
what are office-group ballots?
the candidates for an office are grouped together under the title of that office in ABC order
what are party-column ballots?
it lists party’s candidates in a column under the party’s name
what are vote-by-mail ballots?
voters receive a ballot in the mail. make their choices, then mail it back to the election officials
what is online voting?
10 paper ballots that are counted by high speed computers
2)touch screen voting
what is absentee voting?
a process by which they could vote without actually going to their polling places
