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| Closed Primaries | an election only for voters registered with a political party to select a party’s candidate |
| Democratic Party | one of the two major political parties in the U.S. |
| Election | people voting to choose people for political offices |
| Free and Fair Elections | fair practices leading up to voting to prevent election fraud or voter suppression (or to put an end to it) |
| General Election | an election for all registered voters to elect officials to hold political office |
| Initiatives | laws or amendments proposed by citizens |
| Political Parties | citizens with shared political interests working together to shape government policies |
| Precinct | one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place. |
| Primary Elections | an election where voters choose a political party’s candidate for the general elections |
| Public Policy | government actions taken to support, protect & solve citizen problems (laws/ordinances) |
| Republican Party | one of the 2 major political parties in the U.S.; referred to as the GOP |
| Special Election | an election held only when there is a vacancy (empty spot) for a political office |
| Absentee ballot | a ballot completed and usually mailed before an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls. |
| Apportionment | how we determine the number of members each state sends to the U.S. House of Representatives |
| ballot | what is used to write your vote on during an election |
| Referendum | when citizens vote to approve a prposed law. |
