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suffrage |
the right to vote |
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franchise |
another name for the right to vote |
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electorate |
the potential voting population |
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transients |
persons living in the state for only a short time |
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registraion |
procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting |
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purging |
removing names of those who are uneligible to vote from poll books |
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poll books |
the official lists of qualified voters in each precinct |
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literacy |
a person's ability to read or write |
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poll tax |
the payment of a tax in order to vote |
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gerrymanding |
the practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party |
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injunction |
a court order that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official |
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preclearance |
prior approval |
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off-year elections |
the congressional elections held in the even-numbered years btw presidential elections |
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political socialization |
the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions |
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gender gap |
measurable differences btw the partisan choices of men and women |
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party identification |
the loyalty of ppl to a particular political party |
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straight-ticket voting |
the practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election |
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split-ticket voting |
the practice of voting for the candidates of more than one party in an election |
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independents |
those ppl who have no party affliction |
