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Voting Vocabulary
Voting/election vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A CLOSE RACE | the winner is winning by a small margin |
| A TOSS UP | could go either way |
| ABSENTEE BALLOT | mail-in ballot |
| BALLOT | used to write or type in what you vote for |
| ELECTION FRAUD | Criminal activity (bribery, tampering with ballots, other illegal ways to interfere with the result of an election) that impacts the integrity of an election. |
| ELECTOR | A person who is certified to represent their state's vote in the Electoral College |
| ELECTORAL COLLEGE | The process Americans use to elect the president and vice president. The number of electors a state receives is equal to that state's number of U.S. senators and representatives. |
| INAUGURATION | A day of ceremony in which a newly-elected official takes office. This usually involves a swearing-in ceremony, speeches, and celebrations. |
| POLITICAL PARTY | A group whose intent is to govern and legislate in a specific way based on a chosen set of principles or platform |
| POLLING PLACE | The location in which you cast your vote. |
| POPULAR VOTE | The votes cast during an election for a candidate or about an issue. Whichever candidate or decision about an issue gets the most votes has won the popular vote. (U.S. president and vice president are determined by an Electoral College vote.) |
| TERM | The set length of time for someone to serve in an elected office. The president and vice president of the United States serve a four-year term. U.S. representatives serve two years and U.S. senators serve six years. |
| TERM LIMIT | The total amount of terms that an officeholder is allowed to serve in a particular position. Laws set term limits for elected offices. No one can serve more than two terms as president of the United States. |
| UP FOR GRABS | available |
| VOTER FRAUD | Interfering with the results of an election by doing illegal things (bribery, illegal voter registration, tampering with voting machines or ballot boxes, voter impersonation, vote buying) that affect the vote's outcome. |
| VOTER INTIMIDATION | An attempt to prevent eligible people from voting or forcing them to vote a certain way using verbal or physical threats, threatening with weapons/jail, poll taxes, or tests of literacy, property ownership, or citizenship |
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