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25 Cards in this Set
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Polling place
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The location where voting is carried out
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Ballot
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The list of candiddates on which you cast your vote
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Absentee ballot
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On that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day
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Returns
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Ballots and results of an election
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Exit poll
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A survey taken at polling places of how people voted
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Electorate
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All the people who are eligible to vote
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Apathy
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A lack of interest
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General Elections
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Take place 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November. Even years: 1/3 Senate and all of HOR elections. Prez and governor elections occur ever 4 yrs
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Initiative
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A procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments
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Referendum
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A way for citizens to vote on state or local laws
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Proposition
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A petition asking for a new law
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Recall
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A special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office
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Elector
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Person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates
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Winner take all system
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A system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the state's electoral votes
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Canvassing
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When candidates or campaign workers travel through neighborhoods asking for votes or taking public opinion polls
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Endorsements
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Approbation; sanction; support
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Propaganda
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Certain ideas that may involve misleading messages deisigned to manipulate people
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FECFA
Federal Election Campaign Financing Act |
1971. established the main rules for campaign finance today
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FEC
Federal Election Commision |
An independent agency of the executive branch that administers all federal election laws and monitors campaign spending
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Public Funding
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Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Tax-payers can designate $3 or their annual taxes to go to the fund. If major-party candidates have raised $100,000 of their own, they may have some of this to help fund their campaign
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Private Funding
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Most money for campaigns come from individuals or businesses
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Soft money
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Donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate's campaign
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Political Action Committees (PAC)
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Political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money
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Campaign Finance Reform
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***Add Later***
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Incumbent
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A politician who has already been elected to office
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