Voting and Elections

In the _ the election process occurs

USA

in which the field of candidates is narrowed

Nomination

This is where voters make the final choice of officeholder

General Election

There are 3 ways a candidate can be _ for the ballot

Nominated

A person who wants to run for office announces their candidacy whenever a write in candidate appears on the ballot the self announcement process has been used.

Self- Announcement

Candidates are nominated by means of petitions signed by a certain number of qualified voters a district

Petition

Originally a private meeting of local bigwigs the caucus as a nominating device fell out of favor in the 1820s but still used in Iowa

The Caucus

First Major contest of the _ primary season

Presidential

Iowans gather at local caucus _ to discuss and vote on the candidates

Meetings

Who must gather a required number of voter’s signatures to get on the ballot my means of petition

Candidates

_ and minor party candidates are usually required by state law to be nominated by petition

Independent

Petition is often used at the _ level

To nominate for school posts and municipal offices

Local

_ primary only declared party members can vote

Closed

_ primary any qualified voter can take part

Open

_ primary if a required majority is not met the two people with the most votes run again

Runoff

_ primary candidates are not identified by party labels

Nonpartisan

_ primary qualified voters can vote for any candidate regardless of party

Blanket

What is the name of the vote that cast directly by constituents

Popular vote

The popular vote within each states decides the

Electoral Votes

The Electoral Votes _ in each state with each state having electoral votes equal to the number of

Differ, representatives and senators

The presidency is won by candidates who get the ? of the electoral votes At least _ of 538

Majority, 270

idiot comes from the_ word idiotes those who did not contribute to_And the community

Greek , Politics

_ unable sick, out of town, too busy, at work etc

Physically

Don’t _ the system and feel their vote makes no difference

Trust

Non voters tend to be

younger under 35

Unmarried

Lower Education Level

Male

From rural area

Low income area

Who can’t vote

Anyone under 18

Specifics left to the states but overseen not the federal government

Some convicted of a felony crime can lose their right to vote