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Elections
civics, jaime for test on tuesday, 11/19/07
| Word | Definitions |
|---|---|
| citizen | a person who owes alligance to a country |
| alien | a citizen of one country who lives in another |
| naturalization | the process of gaining citizenship |
| social role | roles people play in real life |
| "office of citizen" | the most important position held within a democracy |
| candidate | a person running for political office |
| political party | a group of citizens who wish to control or influence the government |
| platform | a statement of a party's official stand on major public issues |
| planks | a political statement on a specific issue |
| registration | signing up to be a voter |
| right | something that is gaureenteed to every citizen |
| duty | something that is required by law for citizens to do |
| reponsibility | something voluntary but still important to make society better |