5.2 Electoral Process

In the United States, the election process occurs in two steps:

• Nomination

• General Elections

• Primary

• Vote Ranking

 in which the field of candidates is narrowed

-------- the regularly scheduled election where voters make the final choice of officeholder

Are the way a nominee becomes the candidate

• Primary Election

• General Election

True or False: Candidates who receive the lowest amount of delegates win the primary

• False

• True

Candidacy is made official at the party’s ----

• national convention

• through the state of address

• state of the union

gather a required number of voters’ signatures to get on the ballot

When do General Elections occur?

• The first Tuesday after the first Tuesday in November of every even-numbered year for congressional elections

• the second Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year for congressional elections

• the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year for congressional elections

What are the four types of primaries

• Closed Primary

• Open Primary

• Runoff Primary

• Nonpartisan Primary

• No Primary

Only declared party members can vote.