Civics and Economics chapter 10 definitions
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| Polling Place | the location where voting is carried out
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| Precinct | a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
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| Ballot | the list of candidates on which you cast your vote
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| Absentee Ballot | one that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day
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| Returns | ballots and results of an election
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| Exit Poll | a survey taken at polling places of how people voted
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| Electorate | all the people who are eligible to vote
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| Apathy | a lack of interest
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| Electoral College | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
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| Initiative | a procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional conventions
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| Proposition | a petition asking for a new law
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| Referendum | a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws
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| Recall | a special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office
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| Elector | person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates
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| 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 vote
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| Propaganda | certain ideas that may involve misleading messaged designed to manipulate people
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| Political Action Committee (PAC) | political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money
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| Soft Money | donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate's election campaign
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| Incumbent | a politician who has already been elected to office
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