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chapter10 vocabulary
Civics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the location where voting is carried out. | Polling Place |
| a geographic area that contains a specific number of voters. | Precinct |
| the list of candidates on which you cast your vote. | Ballot |
| one that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day. | Absentee Ballot |
| ballots and results of an election. | Returns |
| a survey taken at polling places of how people voted. | Exit Poll |
| all the people who are eligible to vote. | Electorate |
| a lack of interest. | Apathy |
| a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. | Electoral College |
| a procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments. | Initiative |
| a petition asking for a new law. | Proposition |
| a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws. | Referendum |
| a special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office. | Recall |
| person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates. | Elector |
| a system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the state's electoral votes. | Winner-Take-All System |
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