Voting and Voter Registration Quiz

What is the definition of an alien?

• A person who can read and write

• A foreign-born resident or non-citizen

• A person living in a State for only a short time

• A person who is no longer eligible to vote

Who are transients?

• People who have paid a poll tax

• People living in a State for only a short time

• People who are no longer eligible to vote

• People who can read and write

What is the purpose of registration in the context of voting?

• The procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting

• To review and remove ineligible voters

• To collect poll taxes

• To create lists of all registered voters

What are poll books?

• Lists of all registered voters in each precinct

• Lists of people who can read and write

• Lists of people who have paid a poll tax

• Lists of people living in a State for only a short time

What is the process of purging in the context of voting?

• Reviewing lists of registered voters and removing ineligible names

• Identifying fraudulent voters

• Creating lists of all registered voters

• Collecting poll taxes

What is literacy?

• A person living in a State for only a short time

• A person who has paid a poll tax

• A person's ability to read or write

• A person who is no longer eligible to vote

What is a poll tax?

• A person's ability to read or write

• A person living in a State for only a short time

• A person who is no longer eligible to vote

• A tax that had to be paid in order to vote

What is the definition of a transient?

• A person who has paid a poll tax

• A person living in a State for only a short time

• A person who is no longer eligible to vote

• A person who can read and write