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Stack #801821
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The right to vote is called | franchise |
| True or False: Only Property owners could vote in early America | True |
| In the US today, many states may restrict voting privileges by | setting residency requirements |
| What type of election is most likely to be restricted to voters who have registered as members of a political party? | primary election |
| Which group are most likely to vote for the Democratic party? | blue-collar workers |
| An off-year election is an election year | when no presidential race is scheduled |
| Voter turnout in the US, when compared to that of most democracies is | low |
| What is an example of an illegal campaign contribution? | During an election year a private citizen gives a candidate for Congress $3,000 |
| What does taxpayer check off do? | helps equalize spending in presidential campaigns |
| A tax on the right to vote | poll tax |
| The voting of people who have similar characteristics | bloc voting |
| An official second count of election results | recount |
| Individual voting that supports members of both parties rather than just one party | split ticket voting |
| Addition of a candidate to the ballot by a voter | write-in voting |
| A ballot mailed to a voter who will be out of town at voting time | absentee ballot |
| A committee formed by a special interest group designed to give campaign funds and help to candidates the group favors | PAC (Political Action Committee) |
| A residency requirement for voting is intended to ensure that | nonresidents will be prevented from coming into a neighborhood on election day just to vote |
| Disfranchisement would most likely result if a citizen | were found guilty of a felony |
| Many independent voters register as members of a party because | as independents they cannot vote in closed primary elections |
| The secret ballot tries to guarantee that | every voter’s ballot remains totally private |
| The most important factor influencing a typical American voter is probably | occupation |
| Low-income, urban, minority voters would most likely support | Democratic Candidates |
| What is not a problem created by the tendency to vote for the person and not the party | it’s impossible to find candidates to run for office |
| In a typical general election, the percentage of Americans of voting age who can be expected to go to the polls is about | 60 percent |
| Voting laws and regulations, other than those specified by the Constitution, are determined by | state governments |
| The legal voting age in the United States is | 18 |
| Before 1964, some states levied a tax on the right to vote called | a poll tax |
| What is a good description of the legal voters in the earliest national elections held in the United States? | all nonslave, male, property-owning citizens |
| During the first presidential election, approximately what percent of the population were legal voters? | less than 10 percent |
| In the US today, states may restrict voting privileges by | setting residency requirements |
| The secret ballot was first developed in | Australia |
| In america today, voters use __ to vote. | paper ballots, voting machines, and/or computer punch cards |
| What election type is most likely to be restricted to voters who have registered as members of a political party? | PRIMARY |
| What helps to prevent fraud in elections? | Uniform ballots, numbered ballots, detachable ballots, write-in votes |
| A candidate who loses a close election may call for a | recount |
| General elections in the United States are held | in November of each even numbered year |
| The elected or appointed official who prepares election ballots, supervises elections, and watches over the ballot counting is the | registrar of voters |
| Americans who vote for both Republican and Democratic candidates during the same election are | voting a split ticket |
| A nonvoter | fails to carry out an important responsibility of citizenship, endangers the freedom of all Americans, and weakens the political system |
| By far, the greatest expenditure or cost of a major election is | running a campaign |
| Candidates for office may raise money for their campaigns by | families and individual supporters, office holders and office seekers, special-interest groups, fund raising, and public financing |
| What Federal Agency has the responsibility to police campaign financing? | FEC (Federal Election Commision) |
| To qualify for public campaign money, presidential candidates must | raise a min of 5k in each of at least 20 different states (no single contribution can be more than $250) |
| Reform of campaign spending is difficult to accomplish because | the well financed candidates most often win the elections and then make the laws which govern election spending |
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