Voting (Chap. 9)

??? to vote means you are officially signing up.

• Referendum

• Balloting

• Registering

• Lobbying

The logical steps to voting are

• researching, registering, casting a ballot

• casting a ballot, registering, researching

• registering, researching, casting a ballot

A ballot shows a candidate's name, political party and the office they want.

• True

• False

• False, only the name and party

Most people don't vote because

• they don't think it will matter

• they think it takes a lot of time

• they don't know about or like the candidates

• all of the above

A ??? election must be won before a candidate can run in the actual election.

• general

• primary

• referendum

The way we vote for president in the U.S. is called the ??? system.

• electoral college

• ballot

• winner-take-all

• popular vote

The president is actually sworn in during which month?

• November

• December

• March

• January

Which of the following may vote?

• felony convicts

• the mentally ill

• people over 90 yrs. old

• resident aliens

The word meaning "the right to vote" is

• sufferage

• suffrage

Which did not receive the right to vote through an amendment.

• Native Americans

• black men

• 18-20 year olds

• women