The Right to Vote
Civics, types of ballots, elections and voting rights
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- write party platform
- ideals the party believes in and issues they want to support
- National Nomination Committee
- purpose is to select a candidate and VP for their own party
- plank
- political party issue that is carefully considered and debated
- open primary election
- voters may vote for any party
- House of Rep., Senate
- If the candidates tie, the _______________ picks the President and the _____________ picks the VP.
- electorial college
- determines the final vote in a Presidential Election
- popular, all, electoral
- The Presidential candidate, who gets the most _______ votes in state gets ____ the __________votes in each state.
- 270 votes
- number of votes a Presidential candidate needs to become President
- absentee ballot
- ballot used when one is not at registered district
- non partisan ballot
- no political affiliation
- "Hat in the Ring"
- announcement for seeking public office
- general election
- popular vote held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of an election year
- prohibited from voting
- criminals, mentally challenged, not registered, aliens
- methods to keep ppl from voting
- poll tax, literacy test
- Austrailian Ballot
- secret ballot
- closed primary election
- only voters registered for a party vote for that party
- split ticket
- choosing candidates of more than one party
- Office-Group Party column
- official ballot used in the U.S.
- 538
- total number of representatives (rep.)
- electors, Congress
- Each state gets as many ________ as its membership in _______.
- 3
- number of rep. from D.C
- 435
- number of rep. from the House of Representatives
- Straight Ticket
- voting for all of the candidates for one party
- voting rights
- age 18, citizen of U.S, voting district resident, registered
- 100
- number of rep. from the Senate
- write in vote
- when you write in the name of a candidate