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9th civics chapter 7

9th Civics Chapter 7 VOCABULARY

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NOMINATION The naming of those who will seek office.
GENERAL ELECTION Regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of office holders.
CAUCUS A group of like minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in a upcoming election.
DIRECT PRIMARY Held within a party to pick that party's candidate for the general election.
CLOSED PRIMARY The party primary is closed to all but those party membership.
RUNOFF PRIMARY The top two vote getters face one another for the party nomination.
PETITION Candidates are nominated by petition singed by qualified voters in the election district.
ABSENTEE VOTING A process by which they can vote without going to their polling place.
PRECINCT is a voting district.
POLLING PLACE A place where the voters who live in a precinct
BALLOT is the device by which a voter registers a choice in an election
OPEN PRIMARY is a party's nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot
BLANKET PRIMARY "wide open primary" every voter received the same ballot - list every candidate regardless of party.
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PAC) are the political arms of special interest and other organizationions with a stake in electoral politics.
HARD MONEY money raised and spent to elect candidates for Congress and White House.
SOFT MONEY funds given to a party organization for "party building activities, candidate recruit, voter registration, and get-out-to-vote drives, etc.
COATTAIL EFFECT occurs which a candidate running for office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party ticket.
NONPARTISAN ELECTION elections in which candidates are not identified by party label election
SUBSIDY a grant of money, usually from a government.
OPEN PRIMARY is a party's nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot
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