Elections and Political Parties

a set of policies that a political party agrees to work for

• platform

• Constitution

• convention

• ballot

someone who was not born a citizen but who became one by law

• naturalized citizen

• foreigner

• candidate

• delegate

a person running for government office

• candidate

• nominate

• political party

• citizen

to name someone as a possible candidate for election

• nominate

• candidate

• primary election

• register

a large meeting of a group of people who share common ideas or goals

• convention

• political party

• platform

• issue

a group of citizens who share common ideas about the way government should carry out its work

• political party

• convention

• citizen

• delegate

a state election held to help select candidates within a party

• primary election

• general election

• convention

• political party

to sign up

• nominate

• candidate

• register

• ballot

a list of people running for government office and a list of choices about laws

• ballot

• platform

• literacy test

• convention

an evaluation of reading and writing ability

• literacy test

• citizenship test

• ballot

• platform