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Chapter 8
Political Participation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political Participation | The many different ways that people take part in politics and government. |
| Voting-age Population (VAP) | Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement |
| Voting Eligible Population (VEP) | Citizens who have reached the minimum age to be eligible to vote, excluding those who are not legally permitted to cast a ballot. |
| Electorate | The population which is entitled to the right to vote in an election. |
| Suffrage | The ability to vote for a group of people. |
| Literacy Test | A requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote. |
| Poll Tax | A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote. |
| Grandfather Clause | A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867. |
| White Primary | The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation. |
| Australian Ballot | A government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public. |
| Voter Identification Law | Laws requiring citizens to show a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. |
| Activists | People who tend to participate in all forms of politics. |
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