Election Day Vocabulary

The process of choosing someone for a public office

• democracy

• candidate

• election

• debate

A form of government in which people choose leaders by voting

• voting booth

• democracy

• absentee ballot

• debate

A small, enclosed area where a person stands while casting a vote

• election

• campain

• voting booth

• polling place

A person that is trying to be elected into the government

• candidate

• election

• Election Day

• Vote

The first Tuesday in November when people vote in the United States

• campaign

• Election Day

• election

• absentee ballot

A discussion between people in which they express different opinions about a subject

• candidate

• debate

• vote

• ballot

A building where people go to vote in an election

• polling place

• candidate

• absentee ballot

• democracy

A ballot that is sent in the mail to vote before an election

• vote

• absentee ballot

• candidate

• Election Day

To make an official choice for the candidate you want to win by casting a ballot

• vote

• campaign

• ballot

• debate

A ticket, which can be paper or electronic, used to vote in an election

• democracy

• voting booth

• polling place

• ballot