Exam 23: Parties and Elections in the States

_____________ refers to the redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.

Support for nonpartisan local elections originated with

Separating state elections from presidential or federal elections permits voters to focus more closely on state issues than if they had to vote for state and federal candidates at the same time.

Which article of the U.S.Constitution addressed the issue of the conditions for which elections for members of the U.S.Congress are held?

Which of the following statements about the electoral process in the United States is most accurate?

Laws authorizing grants of government funds to qualifying candidates for elective office, to be used in their campaigns, are known as

Which of the following is TRUE about party column ballots?

Which of the following was a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

In a closed primary, only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote.

The Fifteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote.

A(n) ___________________ ballot is a ballot on which all candidates are listed under the office for which they are running.

The primary objectives of disclosure laws are to help voters understand how a candidate may behave in office, and to prevent corrupt relationships by making all potential connections public and open to investigation.

The further down the ballot, the more likely it is that voters will encounter multiple candidates.

In Washington state in 2008, what percentage of voters voted by absentee ballot?

The National Voter Registration Act

A primary election in which only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote is called a(n)

One of the roles of political parties in elections is to narrow the field of candidates.

One of the goals of disclosure laws is to prevent corrupt relationships.

The most important factor in predicting how voters will cast their ballot is