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CIvics Chapter 10 vocab
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7th Grade
10/11/2011

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The location where voting is carried out
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polling place
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a geographic area that contains a specific number of voters
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precinct
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the list of candidates on which you cast your vote
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ballot
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ballot that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day
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absentee ballot
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ballots and results of an election
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returns
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a survey taken at polling places of how people voted
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exit poll
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all the people who are eligible to vote
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electorate
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a lack of intrest
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apathy
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a procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional agreement
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initiative
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a petition asking for a new law
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proposition
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way for citizens to vote on state or local laws
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referendum
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a special election in which citizens can voe to remove a public official from office; take something off the maket
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recall
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a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
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electoral college
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person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates
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elector
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system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually recieves all of the states electoral votes
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winner-take-all system
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certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people
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propaganda
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donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate's election campain
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soft money
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political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special intrest group designed to support candidates by contributing money
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political action committee
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a polition who has already been elected to office
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incumbent
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