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| Which American citizens who meet the eligibility requirements to vote are still considered to be disenfranchised? | citizens of Washington D.C. |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| enfranchise | vote |
| disenfranchise | deprive of voting rights |
| electorate | all of the people entitled to vote in a given election |
| What are the requirements to vote in the United States? | Citizen, residence, at least 18 |
| What were the five stages of extending suffrage to Americans voters? | 1st- religous qualifications disappeared and eliminated property ownershipo and tax payment qualifications= most white adult males vote, 2nd can not deny vote based on race or color, 3rd women can vote, 4th racial equality finally became fact in polling booths thoughout the country, 5th. 18 years can vote |
| Who was eligible to vote at the time the Constitution was written? | white, males, land owning |
| Who has the right to set voter qualifications? What rights can they NOT deny to voters? Why can’t they deny those rights? | States set voter qualiications. Can not deny based on race, color, sex, at least 18, and tax. Can not deny due to Amendments. . |
| What was the Motor Voter Law? | enables prospective voters to register when they obtain or renew a driver's license. |
| Who sets voter registration requirements? | The states. |
| What is gerrymandering? Why is it illegal? | practice of drawing electoral district line (the boundries of the geographic area from which candidate is elected to a public office) in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party. It is illegal if it used for the purpose of racial discriminiation |
| What was Rock the Vote? Who was its target audience? What was their slogan? | Rock the Vote’s mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country. |
| How does the word idiot apply to the voting rights of ancient Greece? Do you think it still applies today? Why or why not? | it meant citizens who did not vote or otherwise take part in public life |
| What are off-year elections? How do they effect voter turnout? | Congressional election that occurs between presidential election years, less voting |
| Why is not voting a problem. | If they don't vote, their voice does not count toward the issues. |
| What are “cannot voters”? Why are they called this? | resident aliens, ill, physically disabled, traveling, under mental health care, in jail, and religous beliefs |
| What are the main reasons nonvoters choose not to vote? | Their vote does not make a difference and they think no matter who wins there will not be any change and people don't trust political institutions or don't believe they have any impact on what impact the government does |
| What are the major differences between voters and nonvoters | nonvoters- do not vote they think their vote does not count or don't have enough time, likely to be under 35, unmarried, and unskilled Voters- higher level of income, education, and occupational status, strong sense of party identification |
| What are the major demographics of the Republican and Democratic parties voters? | Republican |
| What are the major factors that effect the way a person votes? | income, occupation, education, gender, age, religous, ethic background, geography, and family and other groups |
| What is split ticket voting and straight ticket voting? | Split ticket- voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election. Straight Ticket- the practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election. |
| 24th Amendment | Poll taxes, used in the South to prevent African Americans from voting and poor white voters |
| Literacy tests | to prove they can read and write to vote to prevent African Americans from voting |
| 23rd Amendment | District of Comumbia had the right to vote for presedential electors |
| 26th Amendment | lowered the voting age to 18 |
| Voting Rights Act | guranteed the right to vote for minorites |
