18.4 - Voter’s Guide

Your polling place will be located in a particular

• subdivision.

• township.

• county.

• precinct.

To qualify as a voter, a citizen must

• have been born in the United States.

• be at least 17 years old.

• have passed the citizenship test.

• be a resident of the state for a specified period of time.

What do canvassing boards do?

• count votes

• survey voters as they leave the polling place

• help get out the vote for their party

• help voters who need assistance at the polls

At polling places, political party volunteers who try to sway voters are

• not allowed.

• allowed inside only.

• allowed anywhere outside.

• allowed outside at some distance from the building.

What voting procedure enables military personnel stationed outside their state to vote?

• compulsory voting

• early voting

• absentee ballot

• recall voting

What is one way that the National Voter Registration Act of 1995 affected the process of registering to vote?

• It required people to register online.

• It made registration forms available in more places.

• It set up nonpartisan groups to help people register to vote.

• It tightened identification requirements to prevent voter fraud.

Most states require you to register to vote

• 15 to 30 days prior to an election.

• 30 to 60 days prior to the election.

• anytime before you vote on Election Day.

• on your 18th birthday.

In states that allow it, early voting occurs

• by mail.

• in person.

• online.

• either online or by mail.

Candidates are officially elected when

• all votes are counted.

• the election results are certified.

• the media announce the projected winners.

• the recount of all paper ballots matches the electronic vote count.

In the 2000 presidential election, a vote recount in Florida was made more difficult because

• poll workers could not read voters' handwriting.

• the touch-screen voting machines malfunctioned.

• the voting machines sometimes punched cards incorrectly or incompletely.

• many voters did not submit their paper receipts for the recount.