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| A belief in the obligation to vote. |
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| An institution established by the Constitution. State-level parties select a slate of electors, and if that party’s nominee for president wins the vote for president in that state, those electors attend the Electoral College and cast all their electoral votes for their nominee. |
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| A direct democracy technique in which citizens can place proposed legislation on a statewide ballot for a yes/no vote if they gather enough signatures of registered votes in support of the proposal. |
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| A widely held belief that a given democratic government was elected freely and fairly. |
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| Mandate Theory of Elections |
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| The belief that an election winner has a mandate from voters to implement policy promises. |
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| 2003 legislation that requires states to give citizens an opportunity to register to vote when they apply for drivers’ licenses. |
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| Occurs when voters base their votes on how close candidates’ issue positions are to their own issue preferences. |
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| The belief that ordinary people can influence government. |
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| A direct democracy technique that allows voters to approve or disapprove a legislative act or constitutional amendment proposed by a state legislature. |
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| Voting theory suggesting that if individuals feel better off under certain policies, they will support candidates who pledge to continue those policies. |
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| A requirement that citizens must register to vote before they are allowed to vote. This is designed to prevent voter fraud. |
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