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| An election that is held at the state or local level when the voters must decide an issue before the next election or when vacancies occur by reason of death or resignation. |
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| A ballot (also called the Indiana ballot) that lists all of a party's candidates under the party label. Voters can vote for all of a party's candidates for local, state and national offices by making a single "x" or pulling a single lever. |
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| A regularly scheduled election to elect the U.S. president, Vise President, and representatives and senators in Congress. General Election are held in even-numbered years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. |
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| The group of electors who are selected by the voters in each state to elect officially the president and vice president. The number of electors in each state is equal to the number of that state's representatives in both chambers of Congress. |
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| An official meeting of a political party to choose its candidates. Nominating conventions at the state and local levels also select delegates to represent the citizens of their geographic areas at a higher level party convention. |
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| Campaign contributions not regulated by federal law, such as some contributions that are made to political parties instead of to particular candidates. |
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| An election in which voters choose the candidates of their party, who will then run in the general election. |
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| A primary in which only party members can vote to choose that party's candidate. |
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