Govt Vote rights

29 flashcards · Other · by ISAAC REEMTSMA

  1. Electorate

    The potential voting population

  2. 24th Amendment

    Eliminated poll taxes in federal elections in 1964

  3. Age Criteria

    Minimum voting age set by the 26th Amendment, usually 18

  4. Nonvoting Reasons

    Include ballot fatigue, disinterest, and legal restrictions

  5. Franchise

    Synonym for the right to vote

  6. Polling Places

    Locations where voters from precincts vote

  7. Precincts

    Voting districts where voters cast their ballots

  8. Absentee Voting

    Allows voting without going to polling places on election day

  9. Public Opinion Polls

    Tools to measure and understand public sentiment on political matters

  10. Public Opinion

    Attitudes held by a significant number of people on government and politics

  11. Residence Criteria

    Legal residency required to cast a ballot, allowing time for voter familiarization

  12. Aliens

    Foreign-born residents denied the right to vote

  13. Universal Voting Criteria

    Qualifications based on citizenship, residence, and age

  14. 26th Amendment

    Ratified in 1971, setting the minimum voting age to 18

  15. Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Focused on ending racial discriminatory practices in voting

  16. 23rd Amendment

    Added electors for the District of Columbia in 1961

  17. American Electorate Size

    Over 240 million people today

  18. 15th Amendment

    Ratified in 1870 to protect citizens from voting denial based on race or color

  19. 19th Amendment

    Ratified in 1920, granting women the right to vote in federal elections

  20. Electronic Voting

    Technology used to speed up voting and counting of ballots

  21. Ballots

    Devices used by voters to register choices in an election

  22. Disenfranchised

    Citizens denied the right to vote

  23. Stage 1 Suffrage Expansion

    White non-landowners can vote

  24. Stage 2 Suffrage expansion

    Black people can vote

  25. Stage 3 suffrage expansion

    Women can vote

  26. Stage 4 suffrage expansion

    Black people can vote, but actually this time. No poll taxes. DC can vote too

  27. Stage 5

    18 yo can vote

  28. How were African Americans disenfranchised before the 1960s

    Poll taxes and literacy tests

  29. Demographics less likely to vote

    P.O.C, Men, young people, Poor