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Voting Flashcards

1
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What’s Suffrage

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Right to Vote

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Disenfranchised

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Denied the right to Vote

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3
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5 stages that extended suffrage in America

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Stage 1:
Early 1800s elimination of religion and property qualifications
Stage 2:
1870-15 amendment: protected against any citizen from being denied suffrage because of race or color or previous servitude
Stage 3:
1920-19th amendment gave women suffrage
Stage 4:
1960s-voting rights acts and 24th amendment(eliminated poll taxes)
Stage 5:
1971-26 amendment gave 18yrs old suffrage

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Voter qualifications

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  1. Citizenship-foreign born people in most states cant vote
  2. Residence: takes about 30 days to become a legal resident of a state (transients) who live in a place for a short time cant vote.
  3. 18 until 1971 age was 21
  4. Registration-identification for most states, not all
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5
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Very controversial between opponents and proponents

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Opponents-says it disenfranchises the poor and less educated
Proponents-helps to stop voter fraud

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Two Discriminatory voter qualifications that have been outlawed

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  1. Literary tests
  2. Poll taxes
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Groups who are denied to vote

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  1. People in a mental institution
  2. People in prison for a felony
  3. People who are discharged dishonorably from the military cant vote
  4. Aliens
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Reasons people give that don’t vote: top 5

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  1. Not registered
  2. 1-vote wont make a difference
  3. Not Enough Choices(no real choice)
  4. System is corrupt
  5. Lazy, don’t feel like it
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4 step process of transferring powers

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  1. Primaries and Caucuses
  2. National Conventions (chooses candidate)
  3. General Election(popular vote)
  4. Electoral College
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Nominations are made in 4 different ways

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  1. Self-announcement- oldest form-they state they are running for office
  2. Caucus-a group of like-minded influential people meet to select the candidate
  3. Convention-form of National conventions to choose candidates
  4. Direct Primary-an intraparty election-an election within the party
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open primary

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open to all the people no matter what the party

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closed primary

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Open to only the party members-most states use this

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Whats the FEC?

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Federal elections committee sets up and regulates all election law

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14
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Ballot

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is the medium by which a voter registers a choice in an election

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Types of Ballots

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  1. Voice-original
  2. Paper
  3. Australian Ballot-form used today
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16
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Four features of Australian Ballot:

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  1. Provided at all the public expense
  2. Lists and the names of all candidates
  3. Is given out only at the polls
  4. Marked in secret
17
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2 types of Australian ballots

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  1. Office-Group all candidates listed together by office
  2. Party-column(Indiana) lists all the candidates under the party name
18
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Absentee ballots

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a process of voting without going to the polling place(soldiers, college students, etc)

19
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What is a Precinct

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The voting district

20
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Who created the first voting machine?

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Thomas edison

21
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What 5 things do they spend their money on in campaigns?

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  1. Mass mailings
  2. Campaign staff
  3. Signs/posters
  4. Pamphlets/buttons
  5. Advertisements on the radio and tele
22
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Where does the candidates money come from?

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small contributors
-Wealthy individuals
-Candidates; themselves
-Political action committees
-US government

23
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Election advertising techniques

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  1. Attack ads(negative for other party)
  2. Character Ads-talks about how great their character is
  3. Fear Ads: uses scare tactics
  4. Flip Flopping-Sudden change or reversal on policy or opinion
  5. Bandwagon-get famous people to vote for them
  6. Music-slogans
24
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Whens election day

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: 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in Nov on even numbered years

25
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General election-2 parts(pres)

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  1. Popular vote-people
  2. Electoral College-Winner must get 270 of the 558 voters

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