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| An election ballot in a mail in format for a voter who cannot be present at the polls |
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| To refuse to exercise the right to vote |
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| Any person who is a member of a nation |
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| To remain unconcerned with politics. |
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| no discussion or materials pertaining to politics or the ballot allowed. This includes buttons, banners, and posters that display a political position on a candidate or ballot question |
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| A form of government in which the people themselves |
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| A crime, such as murder, considered more serious than a misdemeanor and subject to more stringent punishment |
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| a person who registers to vote with no political party affiliation. In some states, voters registered as independent cannot participate in primary elections. |
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| A proposed law that voters in some states can place on the ballot. |
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| A principle of democracy that the greater number of citizens in any political unit should select officials and determine policies |
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| Unable to make decisions about ones own daily activities |
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| The principle in a constitutional democracy that government elected by a majority must respect the basic right of minorities. |
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| Temporary release of a prisoner for a special purpose, or a complete release before completion of a full prison sentence |
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| An official place for voters to cast their ballots in an election |
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| A registered voter who is sworn in by a registrar of voters to carry out a specific task at an election polling place. |
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| A proposed law that voters in some states can place on the ballot |
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| A measure approved by a legislative body and placed on a ballot for approval by voters. |
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| Officially to sign up as a qualified voter |
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| Local government offical whose duty is to maintain up to date voter registration lists, organize election polling places, hire poll workers, and verify the final election outcome |
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| The official list of registered voters |
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| Qualifications for voting |
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| Us. Citizen, must be 18 years old prior to next election, not be under an order of imprisonment for convition of a felony, not be under a judgment of full interdiction for mental incopentence or partial interdiction with suspension of voting rights, reside in the state and parish in which you seek to register. |
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