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| absentee voting | a way people can vote when they cant get to their polling place. They vote on a special form and mail it in |
| balanced budget | occurs when total revenues equal total outlays for a fiscal year |
| ballot box | a receptacle for voters' ballots |
| bias | a leaning in favor of or against something or someone; partiality or prejudice |
| campaign | competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office |
| campaign chest | money collected and set aside for use in a political campaign |
| candidate | a person running for office in a election |
| caucus | meetings of party members within a legaslative body to select leaders and determine strategy |
| citizen | a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to ita government and its entitled to its protection |
| closed primary | a primary in which voters can only vote for candidates and the party they are registered in. prevents members of other parties from crossing over to influence the nomination of an opposing party's candidate |
| congressional districts (CD) | a political subdivision in which the nation is divided for the purposes of elected US representitves each district contains about 570,000 people |
| constituency | all of the voters in a particular district |
| constituent | a person having the right to vote or elect; any of the voters represented by a particular official |
| debate | face to face discussion of candidates' views on issues |
| delegate | an individual who is appointed to represent others |
