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| all of the people entitled to vote in a given election |
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| Person living in a state for only a short time, without legal residence |
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| A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting |
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| The process of reviewing lists of registered voters and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote; a purification |
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| List of all registered voters in each precinct |
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| a person's ability to read or write |
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| a special tax, demanded by states, as a condition of voting |
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| the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group. |
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| a court order that forces or limits the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official |
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| mandated by the voting rights act of 1965, the prior approval by the Justice Department of changes to or new election laws by certain states. |
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| congressional election that occurs between presidential election years. |
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| one's own influence or effectiveness on politics |
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| the proces by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions |
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| measurable difference between the partisan choies of men and women today |
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| loyalty of people to a political party |
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| the practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election. |
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| voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
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| people with no party affiliation |
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