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Voting/The Electoral Process Flashcards

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What is Suffrage?

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The right to vote

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What does Disenfranchised mean?

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Denied the right to vote

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What was required of voters in 1789?

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  • White
  • Male
  • Own Property
  • Be Religious
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What were the 5 stages that extended suffrage in America?

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Stage 1: Early 1800’s – Elimination of religious and property qualifications
Stage 2: 1870 – 15th amendment: protected any citizen from being denied suffrage because of race or color or previous servitude
Stage 3: 1920 – 19th amendment gave women suffrage
Stage 4: 1960’s – Voting Rights acts/24th amendment (eliminating poll taxes)
Stage 5: 1971 – 26th amendment gave 18 yr olds suffrage

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What are the 4 present-day voter qualifications?

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  1. Citizenship
  2. State Residence
  3. 18 yrs old
  4. Registration
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Why is voter Registration controversial?

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

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What are two discriminatory voter qualifications that have been outlawed?

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  1. Literaracy test
  2. Poll taxes
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What are groups that are denied the right to vote? (4)

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  • People in a mental institution
  • People in prison for a felony
  • People dishonorably discharged from the military services
  • Aliens (Someone who is foreign born and not a citizen)
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What are the Top 5 Reasons people don’t vote?

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Not registered
“One vote won’t make a difference”
Not enough choices (No real choice)
System is corrupt
Apathy (People are lazy and take their freedoms for granted)

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What is the definition of Election?

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The process in which the citizens select the officials they want to run their government

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What is unique about America’s transfers of power?

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It is done peacefully (No coup d’ etats)

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What is the 4 step Process in the election of the President?

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  1. Primaries or Caucuses
  2. National Conventions
  3. General Election
  4. Electoral College
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What are the 4 ways nominations of candidates are made?

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  1. Self-announcement
  2. Caucus
  3. Convention
  4. Direct primary
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What is Self-announcement?

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Person states that they are running for office
Rare today

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What is Caucus?

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A group of like-minded influential people meet to select the candidate
Rare

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What is a Convention?

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A form of national conventions to choose candidates

17
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What is a Direct primary?

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An intraparty election
Used today

18
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Open Primary vs. Closed Primary

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Open Primary: Open to all people no matter what the party
Closed Primaries: Open to only party members

19
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What is the FEC?

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Federal Elections Committee
Sets up and regulates all election law

20
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What is a Ballot?

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The medium by which a voter registers a choice in an election

21
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What are the 3 Types of Ballots?

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  1. Voice ballot
  2. Paper ballot
  3. Australian ballot
22
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Describe the Australian Ballot

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  • Provided at the public expense
  • Lists the names of all candidates
  • Is given out only at the polls*
  • Marked in secret
23
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What are the 2 Types of Australian Ballots?

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Office-Group: All candidates listed togeher by ballot
Party-Column (Indiana): Lists all candidates under the party name

24
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What are Absentee Ballots?

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A process of voting without going to the polling place

25
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What is a Precinct

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The voting district
Contains 700,000 people

26
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What do candidates spend campaign money on? (5)

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  1. Mass mailings
  2. Campaign staff
  3. Signs/posters/bumper stickers
  4. Pamphlets/buttons
  5. Ads on radio/TV/Youtube, etc…
27
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Where does Campaign Money come from?

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  1. Small contributors: $5 - $100 dollars
  2. Wealthy individuals
  3. Candidates Themselves
  4. Political Action Committees
  5. US Government
28
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What are the 6 Election Advertising Techniques?

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  1. Attack ads
  2. Character ads
  3. Fear ads
  4. Flip Flopping
  5. Bandwagon/Endorsement ads
  6. Music/Jingle ads
    A catchy song or slogan
29
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When is Election Day?

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1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November on even numbered years

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