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Chapter 10
chapter 10
Term | Definition |
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polling place | is the location where voting is carried out. |
precint | A voting district |
ballot | is the list of candidates on which you cast your vote. |
absentee ballot | a ballot completed and typically mailed in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls. |
returns | elections workers count the votes at the polling place and take the ballots and the result called returns. |
exit poll | to predict the winners long before all the votes have been official counted. |
electorate | all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. |
apathy | a lack or interest |
electoral college | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
initiative | a procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments |
proposition | a petition asking for a new law |
referendum | a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws |
recall | a special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office |
elector | person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the mahor candidates |
winner-take-all system | a system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the state's electoral votes |
propaganda | certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people |
political action committee | political organization established by a corporation,labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money |
soft money | donations given to political parties and not designed for a particular candidate's election campaign |
incumbent | a politician who has already been elected to office |