Ch 6-2 Voter Quals Quiz

List of precinct's registered voters

• registration

• lieracy

• transient

• poll books

The removal from a list of legal voters

• registrations list

• literacy list

• transient list

• poll book list

• purge

The procedure of voter identification & signing up to vote

• registration

• literacy

• transient

• homeless

• purging

The ability to read & write

• registering

• literacy

• skills

• intelligence

• dexterity

A person who lives in a state for a short time is commonly known as a

• homeless

• resident

• transient

• vagabond

• none of the answers

No state allows ______ to vote

• persons dishonorably discharged from the armed forces

• non-English speakers

  felons

• felons

• mentally incompetent person

• all of the answers

Residence requirements were adopted in order to...

• discourage people form moving just before elections

• discourage election fraud

• reduce the number of qualified voters

• prevent noncitizens from voting

• prevent people from living in cities

The youngest age at which qualified citizen's are allowed to vote in primary and general elections?

• 17

• 18

• 20

• 21

• both 18 & 22

Voter registration laws have been criticized in recent years for the following...

• increasing the occurrence of voter fraud

• discouraging poor and uneducated persons from voting

• favoring Democrats over Republicans

• discriminating against rural dwellers

• discriminating against urban dwellers

Literacy test were banned by _____ because they were ______ .

• the Supreme Court; found it unconstitutional

• Congress; used it to discriminate against African Americans

• the 19th Amendment; different in every State

• the 24th Amendment; not useful for distinguishing informed from uninformed voters

• none of the answers