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Citizens not spectators
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Social Studies
4th Grade
11/14/2012

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Absentee Ballot
Definition
An election ballot in a mail in format for a voter who cannot be present at the polls
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Abstain
Definition
To refuse to exercise the right to vote
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Citizen
Definition
Any person who is a member of a nation
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Apolitical
Definition
To remain unconcerned with politics.
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Apolitical
Definition
no discussion or materials pertaining to politics or the ballot allowed. This includes buttons, banners, and posters that display a political position on a candidate or ballot question
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Direct Democracy
Definition
A form of government in which the people themselves
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Felony
Definition
A crime, such as murder, considered more serious than a misdemeanor and subject to more stringent punishment
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Independent voter
Definition
a person who registers to vote with no political party affiliation. In some states, voters registered as independent cannot participate in primary elections.
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Initiative
Definition
A proposed law that voters in some states can place on the ballot.
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Majority
Definition
more than half
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Majority Rule
Definition
A principle of democracy that the greater number of citizens in any political unit should select officials and determine policies
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Mentally Incompetent
Definition
Unable to make decisions about ones own daily activities
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Minority Rights
Definition
The principle in a constitutional democracy that government elected by a majority must respect the basic right of minorities.
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Parole
Definition
Temporary release of a prisoner for a special purpose, or a complete release before completion of a full prison sentence
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Polling Place
Definition
An official place for voters to cast their ballots in an election
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Poll Worker
Definition
A registered voter who is sworn in by a registrar of voters to carry out a specific task at an election polling place.
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Proposition
Definition
A proposed law that voters in some states can place on the ballot
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Referendum
Definition
A measure approved by a legislative body and placed on a ballot for approval by voters.
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Register
Definition
Officially to sign up as a qualified voter
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Registrar of voters
Definition
Local government offical whose duty is to maintain up to date voter registration lists, organize election polling places, hire poll workers, and verify the final election outcome
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Registration list
Definition
The official list of registered voters
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote
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Qualifications for voting
Definition
Us. Citizen, must be 18 years old prior to next election, not be under an order of imprisonment for convition of a felony, not be under a judgment of full interdiction for mental incopentence or partial interdiction with suspension of voting rights, reside in the state and parish in which you seek to register.
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