5th grade election vocabulary

a form used in voting

• democracy

• ballot

• election

a person running for an elected position

• canidate

• election

• demoncracy

someone who has the right to live in a country

• ballot

• poll

• citizen

a meeting at which eah major political party's candidate is officially chosen

• convention

• primary

• registration

a government in which people choose their leaders

• political party

• democracy

• voter

the process of voting to choose a leader

• election

• voter

• inauguration

The Tuesday after the first Monday in November

• polling place

• registration

• Election Day

a ceremony in which the new president takes office

• voter

• inaguration

• registration

suggest a candidate

• nominate

• citizen

• polling place

a group of people who share similar views, who work together to elect a candidate

• convention

• candidate

• political party