Voter Registration | Voter Rights | Elections | Political Dictionary | Political History |
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What is absentee ballot?
This term means "a ballot completed and typically amiled in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls"
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What is the 15th Amdement?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870.
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Who is Joe Biden and Donald Trump?
Name the two candidates for the upcoming presidential election
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What is Blue state?
This term refers to any US state where the majority of voters usually support Democratic candidates and causes
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What is Wyoming?
The first state to grant women the right to vote
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What is True?
True/False: The State of Connecticut offers Election Day Registration on Election Day
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What is the 19th Amendment?
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
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What is November 3rd?
The date of the 2020 Presidential Election
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What is suffrage?
This term means "the right to vote in political elections"
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What is the 19th Amendment?
The Constitutional Amendment that ensured women the right to vote
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What is 25 days?
The number of days prior to the election that the Sate of New York requires voters to register
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What is 1965?
The year that the Voting Rights Act was passed
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Who is Kamala Harris?
The Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States?
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What is open primary?
This term refers to the type of state-level of election "in which all registered voters may vote, regardless of wehther that are registered as Democrats, Republicans, or Independents"
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What is 21 states?
The number of states, plus the Washington D.C., that offer same-day voter registration
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What is false?
True/False: Quinnipiac students are NOT considered CT residents in terms of the voter registration
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What is false?
True/False: It is allowed to wear / display political messages that support a candidate or party while voting in-person
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What is California?
The state with the most electors in the Electoral College
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What is ticket splitting?
This term refers to voting for candidates of different politicals parties in the same election
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What is 270 votes?
The number of electoral votes a candidate needs to win the election
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What is Maine and Vermont?
The two states where felons never lose the right to vote, even while incarcerated
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What is 33% or 2/3?
The percentage of states that require voters to show some form of ID before allowing them to vote
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What is January 20, 2021?
The date of the next scheduled inauguration
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What is gridlock?
This term refers to when a political party or faction creates obstacles that block or severly hinder compromise on legistlation or policy issues
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What is the House of Representatives?
If no presidential candidate receives enough electoral votes during an election, this group determines who will be president
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