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| How many stages of suffrageare there? | There are five stages. |
| 1st stage of suffrage | states stopped requiring a religious test by 1810. By the mid 1800's no property qualification was necessary to vote |
| 2nd stage of suffrage | 15th amendment extended the right to vote to any male citizen regardless of race or color |
| 3rd stage of suffrage | the 19th amendment allowed women the right to vote in 1920 |
| 4th stage of suffrage | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ensured the southern states complied with the 15th amendment and the 23rd amendment added voters of the District of Columbia to the electorate, and the 24th amendment elimiated poll taxes |
| 5th stage of suffrage | passage of the 26th amendment gave all persons 18 years and older the right to vote |
| Does the constiution give the power to set voting qualifications to the federal government | NO-this is a power reserved for the states |
| The only federal interference there has been with regards to state elections have been in the form of ? | the 15th, 19th, 24th, 26th amendments as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| According to the supreme court case known as Dunn vs. Blumstein | the court found that 30 days is the maximum time for residency in a state prior to voting |
| Residency requirements over 30 days are considered a violation of | the 14th amendment equal protection clause |
| Neraly every state prohibits transients from voting- this list would include | traveling salesmen, military personnel, college students |
| S transient is defined as someone | who will not have permanent residency or as someone who has only a temporary physical residency |
| What facts are common on all voter registration forms? | Name, Address, party choice or status, place of birth, age, length of residency |
| purging is defined as | when local election officials review the names on the lists of registered voters and then removes those names of those no longer eligible to vote. This is suppose to be done every two to four years. |
| Those who are denied the right to vote | have been convicted of a serious crime, or committed to a mental instiution |
| Some argue that voter registration | should be done away with and that it is actually a bar to voter turnout especially among the poor and the less educated |
| The US is the only democratic country in which each person decides | whether or not he or she will register to vote |
| The Motor Voter Law has three parts they are | 1. allow all eligible citizen to register to vote at the same time they renew their license or apply for a new driver's license 2. provide for voter registration by mail 3. have moter registration forms available at the local social service agencies |
| The following persons are denied the right to vote | instutionalized mental patients, or other persons found to be legally mentally incompetent, or those who are in prison. |
| Reasons for voter apathy | include the scars from Watergate and the Vietnam wars, general distrust of politicians, inflexible government, too few young people learning about and entering into the political processs |
| The word idiot comes from the Greek word idiotes this means | those who do not vote |
| Approximately what percentage of registered voters voted in the Congressional and Presidential elections of 2000 | 46 % |
| A cannot voter is defined as someone who | does not vote but also cannot do so. This group includes resident aliens-the physically disabled, those who unexpectly had to travel, those whose religious convictions does not allow them to vote |
| political efficacy is defined | as those who believe their vote does not count that they cannot make a difference |
| According to the chart on page 167 in your text a typical Democrat is | a minority female, between the ages of 18- 30 who is a Catholic from the east and has a grade school education |
| in your text on page 167 a typical Republican is | a white male between the ages of 50 and 100 who is a Protestant, from the South and has a college education |
| When using statistical analysis one must be careful to | see the small deviations between the categories studies and to see the small ideological deviation between the two parties |
| Political socialization | the process by which the public gains their perceptions with regards to the political parties |
| Factors which influence voters | 1. voters personal characteristics, 2. voters affilations, 3. income occupation 4. education 5 age 6. gender 7. religion 8. ethnicity and 9. geography |
| Many members of the older generations vote | straight party |
