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Am Gov 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Administers all federal law dealing with campaign finance | Federal Election Campaign Laws |
| Voted from the space station Mir | David Wolf |
| Launched his 1992 presidential campaign via self announcement | Rose Perot |
| Nominating method used most widely at the local level | Petition |
| The political arm of special interest groups which have a major stake in public policy | PACS - Poling Action Committee |
| Two top vote getters in the first primary face one another | Run-off primary |
| Held within a party to pick that party's candidates for general election | Direct Primary |
| PAC that actively recruits and funds pro-choice women as Democratic candidates | Emily's List |
| A voting district | Precinct |
| Grant of money | Subsidy |
| An exclusive group | Clique |
| Month when elections for Congress are held | November |
| Group of like-minded pwople who meet to select the candidates | Caucus |
| Irritate, bother | Bedevil |
| by 1900 nearly all states used this type of ballot | Australian |
| Where voters in a precinct actually vote | Polling place |
| Also known as the crossover primary | Open primary |
| Contributions given directly to candidates | Soft money |
| John McCain raised $1 million in 2000 via this method | Internet |
| When a strong candidate helps a lesser known candidate attract votes | Coattail effect |
| State that holds all elections by mail | Oregon |
| Funds given to parties or political organizations that is subject to regulations by the FEC | Hard money |
| Sometimes called the wide-open primary | Blanket Primary |
| Greatest number of votes won by a candidate, whether a majority or not | Plurality |
| Medium by which a voter registers a choice in an election | Ballot |
| A party's nominating election in which only declared party members can vote | Closed primary |
| Patented the first voting machine | Thomas Edison |
| The naming of those who will seek office | Candidates |
| Voting without going to polls on election day | Absentee ballot |
| PETA | Political arm of special interest groups |
| FEC | Administers all federal law dealing with campaign finance |
| Nomination | The process of candidate selection in an electoral system |
| General election | The regularly scheduled election at which voters make a final selection of officeholders |
| Nonpartisan election | Elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels |
| Absentee voting | Provisions made for those unable to get their regular polling places on election day to cast their vote |
| Self announcement | A candidate announces that he/she is running for office, used in small towns, oldest form of nomination in US |
| Nomination | The naming of those who will seek office |
| General elections | Regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholders |
| Convention | Each state sends a representative. ???????? |
| Nomination by petition | Candidates must have a certain number of votes in a district to be placed on a ballot, the higher the office the more signatures are needed to be placed on a ballot |
| Closed primary | 24 states use this method, voter must vote for the declared party on registration |
| Open primary | 26 states use this method, vote for any candidate of either of the two major parties |
| Run-off primary | Only need to win plurality to win nomination, in 10 states an absolute majority is needed |
| Non-partisan Primary | Local levels, school board. Candidates are not chosen by political party |
| Arguments for a closed primary | Makes voters more aware of the issues |
| Federal election law | Meant to protect integrity of whole electoral process |
| Date for holding Congressional Convention | |
| How often is the Presidential election held? | Held every fourth year in an even numbered year |
| A strong candidates name is placed at the top of the ballot helping to attract voters to other candidates on the part's ticket | Coattail effect |
| Precinct election boards | Make sure ballots and voting machines work properly; sends voters to proper places |
| Poll watchers | On hand to make sure everything is done right;makes sure people do not influence other voters, cannot wear buttons and stickers; make sure ballots are counted correctly |
| Political machines | People who are agents of the party boss; |
| office-group ballot | All candidates for one particular office are listed together under the office they are running |
| Party column ballot | Straight ticket voting, all candidates are grouped by political party, sometimes call Indiana Ballot |
| Sample ballot | printed in Newspaper, looks like the ballot used at the polling place, voter can read through the measures that appear on the ballot and make their choices before going to vote so know what to fill in on the ballot |
| Bedsheet ballot | Lengthy; lists candidates and issues |
| Automated voting | Electronic voting machines |
| Who invented the first voting machine which speed-ed up the process and reduced fraud | Thomas Edison |
| Online voting | First used in 1997 by an astronaut |
| Who voted from the space station Mir? | David Wolf |
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