Voting Vocab Flashcards
Campaign Manager
heading the organization, who is responsible for overall strategy
and planning
Image
or mental picture, that voters have of a candidate is extremely important
Political Action Commtiees
organizations are established by interest groups to collect money and provide financial support to favored candidates or
political parties
Soft-money
donations were contributions given directly to a political party by PACs or individuals for general purposes, such as voter registration drives,
party mailings, and political advertisements
Suffrage
the right to vote
Grandfather Clause
provided that only voters whose grandfathers had voted before 1867 were eligible to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test
Poll Tax
was an amount of money—usually one or two dollars—that a citizen had to pay before he or she could vote
Canvass
the vote count by the official body that tabulates election returns and certifies the winner, finally confirmed victory
Register
enroll with the appropriate local government
Polling Place
a precinct in your hometown
Precinct
a precinct is a voting district
Office-Group Ballot
lists the candidates of all parties together by the office for which they are running
Ticket-Spliting
voting for candidates from different parties for different offices
Party-Column Ballot
lists each party’s candidates in a column under the party’s name
Canvassing Board
official body that is usually bipartisan, counts votes
