Election Unit Test

1. Type your first and last name.

2. Who can vote in the U.S.?

• U.S. citizen
• At least 18 years old
• Registered
• All of the above

3. Are U.S. citizens who live in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico allowed to vote?

• Yes
• No

4. You can request an absentee ballot...

• as many times as you want
• if you aren't able to go to the polling place to vote
• for everyone in your family

5. In order to run for president, a person must

• be 35+ years old, be born in the U.S., and live in the U.S. for 14+ years
• be 25 years old, be born in the U.S., and live in the U.S. for 7 years
• be 18 years old, live in the U.S., and have a lot of money

6. In the electoral college voting system, presidents are elected by

• popular vote
• electoral vote
• absentee ballot vote

7. Each state gets a certain number of electors based on

• how much land they have
• how many people are registered to vote
• population (how many representatives they have in Congress)

8. Presidents serve a __________ and can only be re-elected once.

• 2-year term
• 4-year term
• 6-year term
• 8-year term

9. Of the 538 electoral votes in the U.S., how many does a candidate need to win the presidency?

• 270
• 280
• 300
• 350

10. State populations are determined every 10 years in the U.S. ________.

• Congress
• census
• election