WorksheetsVoter Qualifications
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 21mins
What are the three (3) universal requirements for voting (all states)?
(a)
Name a state that has a waiting time requirement for new citizens to vote.
(a)
Why is there a residency requirement in each state?
(a)
What is the "reasonable" waiting period for residency? (by law)
180 days/6 months
90 days/3 months
30 days/1 month
1 year
What/who makes/says the 30 day waiting period is reasonable by law?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Supreme Court decisions
State Laws
Coting Rights Act of 1970
Laws passed by Congress
Term for a person who lives in a state for a short period of time and is not usually permitted to vote:
traveler
migrant
transient
alien
immigrant
People living in the US who may not vote due to the citizenship requirement.
traveler
migrant
transient
alien
diplomat
Legal reason why people 19-20 years old are eligible to vote.
21st Amendment
18th Amendment
24th Amendment
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
What war caused most people in the US to believe the voting age should be 18 years old?
World War I
Vietnam
World War II
Korean war
Persian Gulf War (1990)
Procedure of voter identification intended to stop election fraud (list of eligible voters).
Poll Book
Voter Enrollment
Registration
Driver's Licenses
Voter Screening
A list of all registered voters in a precinct.
Poll Book
Voter Enrollment
Registration
Driver's Licenses
Voter Screening
The process of removing citizens' from a district's list who are no longer qualified to vote:
Voter Screening
Purging
Voter Reduction
Elimination
Voter Removal
What law was passed in 1993 that required states to make voter registration easier?
Voting Rights Act of 1993
Voter Registration Act of 1993
Voter USA Law
Rock the Vote Act
Motor Voter Law
The above law requires at least three (3) voter registration methods. Which method is indicated in its name?
Registration when
(a)
Name one other method of voter registration provided by the Motor Voter Law. (Registration by...)
(a)
Name one of the two reasons the Motor Voter law permits/allows that people can be purged from poll books.
(a)
When it comes to voter registration rules, Republicans believe __________, while Democrats tend to believe ___________.
Strict requirements often unfairly discourage elderly, disabled, poor, and minority groups from voting / Firm rules on registration and voting are necessary to avoid illegal voting
Rules need to be relaxed to allow more people to register / Rules need to be stiffened to prevent voter fraud
Firm rules on registration and voting are necessary to avoid illegal voting / Strict requirements often unfairly discourage elderly, disabled, poor, and minority groups from voting
Strict rules promote only serious voters to do the voting / Serious voters want strict rules
How does the Motor Voter Law provide for better purging?
Requires voters to vote every year or be automatically purged
Requires voters to call in or write a letter when they no longer wish to be registered
Requires states to mail voter questionnaires to each registered voter every four years
Requires states to call every registered voter every four years
For what group of voters were literacy tests first used in order to disenfranchise this group?
African Immigrants
Jewish Immigrants
Irish Catholic Immigrants
Italian Immigrants
German Immigrants
What clause (nickname) in literacy test laws allowed illiterate white voters to vote?
Supremacy Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Elastic Clause
Grandfather Clause
Hillbilly Clause
Name one group of people who are currently not permitted to vote in most states (besides aliens/non-citizens).
Mentally Ill (in mental institutions or declared mentally unfit)
Felons (higher level criminals)
People Under the Age of 18
People Who Advocate for Communism
The case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections occurred in 1966, two years after the 24th Amendment was passed. Why was this case still occurring in front of the US Supreme Court and not immediately dismissed because the 24th Amendment had already passed?
The case was started before the 24th Amendment was passed.
The case involved an important Presidential election that was disputed.
The case was ordered to be heard by the Supreme Court by Congress.
The case was about state elections and Virginia claimed that the 24th Amendment only applied to federal elections.
Literacy tests were made illegal as a requirement for voter registration by __________.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1970
The 24th Amendment
The Motor Voter Law
