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The right to vote is called   franchise  
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True or False: Only Property owners could vote in early America   True  
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In the US today, many states may restrict voting privileges by   setting residency requirements  
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What type of election is most likely to be restricted to voters who have registered as members of a political party?   primary election  
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Which group are most likely to vote for the Democratic party?   blue-collar workers  
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An off-year election is an election year   when no presidential race is scheduled  
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Voter turnout in the US, when compared to that of most democracies is   low  
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What is an example of an illegal campaign contribution?   During an election year a private citizen gives a candidate for Congress $3,000  
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What does taxpayer check off do?   helps equalize spending in presidential campaigns  
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A tax on the right to vote   poll tax  
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The voting of people who have similar characteristics   bloc voting  
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An official second count of election results   recount  
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Individual voting that supports members of both parties rather than just one party   split ticket voting  
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Addition of a candidate to the ballot by a voter   write-in voting  
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A ballot mailed to a voter who will be out of town at voting time   absentee ballot  
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A committee formed by a special interest group designed to give campaign funds and help to candidates the group favors   PAC (Political Action Committee)  
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A residency requirement for voting is intended to ensure that   nonresidents will be prevented from coming into a neighborhood on election day just to vote  
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Disfranchisement would most likely result if a citizen   were found guilty of a felony  
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Many independent voters register as members of a party because   as independents they cannot vote in closed primary elections  
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The secret ballot tries to guarantee that   every voter’s ballot remains totally private  
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The most important factor influencing a typical American voter is probably   occupation  
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Low-income, urban, minority voters would most likely support   Democratic Candidates  
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What is not a problem created by the tendency to vote for the person and not the party   it’s impossible to find candidates to run for office  
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In a typical general election, the percentage of Americans of voting age who can be expected to go to the polls is about   60 percent  
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Voting laws and regulations, other than those specified by the Constitution, are determined by   state governments  
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The legal voting age in the United States is   18  
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Before 1964, some states levied a tax on the right to vote called   a poll tax  
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What is a good description of the legal voters in the earliest national elections held in the United States?   all nonslave, male, property-owning citizens  
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During the first presidential election, approximately what percent of the population were legal voters?   less than 10 percent  
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In the US today, states may restrict voting privileges by   setting residency requirements  
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The secret ballot was first developed in   Australia  
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In america today, voters use __ to vote.   paper ballots, voting machines, and/or computer punch cards  
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What election type is most likely to be restricted to voters who have registered as members of a political party?   PRIMARY  
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What helps to prevent fraud in elections?   Uniform ballots, numbered ballots, detachable ballots, write-in votes  
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A candidate who loses a close election may call for a   recount  
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General elections in the United States are held   in November of each even numbered year  
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The elected or appointed official who prepares election ballots, supervises elections, and watches over the ballot counting is the   registrar of voters  
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Americans who vote for both Republican and Democratic candidates during the same election are   voting a split ticket  
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A nonvoter   fails to carry out an important responsibility of citizenship, endangers the freedom of all Americans, and weakens the political system  
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By far, the greatest expenditure or cost of a major election is   running a campaign  
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Candidates for office may raise money for their campaigns by   families and individual supporters, office holders and office seekers, special-interest groups, fund raising, and public financing  
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What Federal Agency has the responsibility to police campaign financing?   FEC (Federal Election Commision)  
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To qualify for public campaign money, presidential candidates must   raise a min of 5k in each of at least 20 different states (no single contribution can be more than $250)  
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Reform of campaign spending is difficult to accomplish because   the well financed candidates most often win the elections and then make the laws which govern election spending  
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