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Chapter 10 & Stuff
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polling place | the location where voting is carried out |
| precinct | a voting district |
| ballot | the lost of candidates on which you cast your vote |
| absentee ballot | one that allows a person to vote without gping to polls on election day |
| returns | ballots and results of an election |
| exit poll | asking a sample of voters leaving a selected polling places how they voted |
| electorate | all the people who are eligible to vote |
| apathy | lack of interest |
| electoral college | part of the process that Americans use to select their president |
| initiative | a way that citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments |
| proposition | a proposed law |
| referendum | a way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law |
| recall | another type of special election |
| elector | people who hold electoral votes and are part of the electoral college system |
| winner take all system | the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the states electoral votes |
| propagabda | an attempt to promote a particular person or idea |
| political action committees (PACs) | organizations set up by interest groups especially to collect money to support favored candidates |
| soft money | unlimited amount of money for general purposes |
| incumbents | politicians who have been elected to office |
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