Election Vocabulary

The document that contains the main rules that govern the USA is called the______________.

• veto

• Constitution

• campaign

• nominee

The ____________________ is the voting done by regular citizens, rather than electors, on Election Day.

• popular vote

• electoral college

• campaign

• veto

The President may ___________, which means reject, a bill if he doesn't think it is important.

• budget

• economy

• veto

• ratify

Every citizen in this country is granted _____________ if they are 18. This is the right to vote.

• constitution

• amendment

• nominee

• suffrage

____________________ is the opposite of veto

• ratify

• campaign

• suffrage

• amendment

Although we still use the Constitution to govern the USA, there have been some changes to it. They are called __________________

• Constitution

• amendments

• nominees

• vetos

The plan for how money is earned and spent is the ________________

• popular vote

• economy

• budget

• Constitution

A person chosen to run in an election is a ______________

• nominee

• popular vote

• campaign

• suffrage

The ______________________ is a country's system for managing its money and resources to make, buy, and sell goods and services.

• amendment

• budget

• economy

• veto

To work to win an election is to ______________

• campaign

• veto

• ratify

• popular vote