Party Nomination

Nomination process where voters participate in a statewide election.

• Caucus
• Primary
• General election
• Split Ticket

Meetings in which party leaders within a state discuss issues or choose candidates

• Primary
• Closed Primary
• convention
• caucus

Voters do NOT need to declare a party before voting in a(n)

• Closed primary
• open primary
• indirect primary
• caucus

What is the next step after the national convention?

• A direct primary
• state conventions
• the general election campaign
• the presidential election

In states that do not have primaries, how are delegates chosen?

• caucus
• direct primary
• write-in candidates
• planks

A primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member in order to vote.

• Open primary
• Caucus
• Closed primary
• Direct primary

Who makes the rules for primaries and caucuses?

• the political parties
• The Federal Elections Commission
• The Electoral College
• Congress

When is each political party's candidate officially nominated?

• At the finish of the California primary
• When his/ her party holds their official vote
• At the party's national convention
• On election day

To officially select a candidate to run for office is to ___________________

• nominate them

• fire them

• elect them

• hire them

Most election laws are ____________ laws.

• federal

• state

• local

• global