Voting and Elections

A _____________ is a plan to win an election.

• term

• Mayor

• Republican Party

• campaign

An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation

• general
• primary
• recall
• intitiative

An electoral procedure whereby citizens can propose legislation or constitutional amendments and refer the decision to a popular vote.

• Referendum
• Recall
• Initiative
• Primary

How can citizens bring an issue or concern for a piece of legislation to the entire electorate on which to vote?

• by appealing to the chief executive, (mayor, governor president)
• by lobbying the legislature, providing them with information
• by obtaining the required number of signatures on a petition.
• by organizing a large protest that get sufficient media coverage

A __________ is a person who works to win an election.

• candidate

• Electoral College

• governor

• president

Which is a qualification to vote?

• graduate high school

• pay all of your taxes

• own a house

• be a U.S. citizen

What age can you vote?

• 15

• 18

• 19

• 20

The right to vote

• suppression

• allowance

• suffering

• suffrage

When you do this, you deprive eligible voters from voting in an election through no fault of their own.

• enfranchise

• disown

• disenfranchise

Place where people go to vote in an election.

• drive-in

• polls

• post office

• supermarket