Voting & Elections

Which amendment set the voting age to 18?

• 26th amendment

• 24th amendment

• 19th amendment

• 23rd amendment

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law in what year?

• 1569

• 1659

• 1965

• 1492

The three universal requirements States use for a person to be eligible to vote are

• residence, gender, and income.

• citizenship, property ownership, and gender.

• citizenship, residence, and age.

• income, employment, and age.

Which is a qualification to vote?

• graduate high school

• pay all of your taxes

• own a house

• be a U.S. citizen

Literacy tests were designed to:

• Test a voter's ability to read

• Inform voters of the issues

• Prevent most voters from passing & being able to vote

• Ensure that voters were well-educated

A geographic district of a city or town that usually contains ~1000 voters

• caucus

• precinct

• plurality

• majority

A general election that occurs in between Presidential Elections, such as a Congressional election, or Senate election

• Voter Caging

• Caucus

• Direct Primary

• Midterm Election

The process of reviewing lists of registered voters and removing those no longer eligible to vote

• Poll Taxes

• Gerrymandering

• Purging (also known as voter caging)

• Precincts

A provision made for those unable to get to their regular polling places on election day. Such voters receive a mailable ballot..

• Midterm Election

• Absentee Voting

• Ballot

• Direct Primary

When is Election Day for Presidential Elections?